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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



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ARerilTE6TURAL 



ST. LOUIS. 



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ILLUSTRATED. 




DUMONT JONES & CO., PUBLISHERS. 

1891. 



INDEX FOLLOWING CLOSING PAGES. 



Copyrighted by D. G. Jones, 1891, 



ANNOUNCEMENT. 




N PRESENTING to the business men and general public 
of St. Louis and the West our triennial review of 
what the great city has accomplished since our last 
compendium of her resources, facilities and achievements, 
it gives us pleasure to state that no city in the United States, 
the most progressive country in the world, can compare 
with St. Louis in her march to greatness as a mercantile and 
manufacturing center, and in the arts, sciences and general 
culture of her people. St. Louis every day of her existence 
proves herself more and more entitled to her proud position 
as the metropolis of Missouri and of the mighty West. She 
leads in commerce, manufactures and mechanics. Her people 
are enterprising, progressive and liberal. As a commercial 
center, her railroads and rivers give her a natural pre-eminence 
that the energy, industry and ability of her merchants have 
utilized to the best advantage. As a manufacturing point, 
she furnishes the most eligible sites. Abundant water at a nom- 
inal cost and inexhaustible supplies of the cheapest fuel in the 
world. In matters aesthetic her public museums, libraries and 
the numerous fine collections of paintings and other works of 
art in the possession of private citizens, attest to the refinement 
of her people. 

It shall be our endeavor in the following pages to present a 
panorama of what St. Louis has done during the past three years, 
where she stands at present, and her flattering prospects for the 
future. In doing this, w r e shall confine ourselves to a plain, 
unvarnished statement of facts, backed by authentic statistics. 
We shall, while omitting no necessary details, be brief and to 



6 COMMERCIAL AND 

the point, and hope to give a picture faithful to the life of what 
St. Louis has done, is doing, and will do in the great future 
before her. Great as has been the change wrought here since 
that day in February, 1764, when Pierre Laclede Liquest, with 
a knowledge and foresight passing human, selected the site of 
St. Louis. The future has in store for her a place among the 
marvelous cities of the world that will surprise the wildest 
dream of her founder's prophetic vision. Within the past decade 
a new St. Louis has arisen and the dawn of the twentieth cen- 
tury will witness on the banks of the Mississippi a city that shall 
be the pride of the Great West and the glory of the model 
republic. 




ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 



THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS. 



The city of St. Louis was 127 years old on the 15th of 
February, 1891. It ranks as the fifth city in the Union, and, 
according to the census of 1890, contains a population of 
460,357. 

It is admirably situated, with all natural advantages; two 
of the greatest rivers in the world, to which numerous smaller 

streams are tributary, and rail- 
roads from every section pour- 
ing into its lap the wealth of 
the incomparable Mississippi 
Valley and of the Great West. 
It may with truth be said to 
be the center of river and 
railroad transportation. Its 
climate is temperate and salu- 
brious, and statistics prove it 
to be the healthiest city of its 
size in the world. It has an 
P|g|p| admirable street and sewerage 
system, in these respects offer- 
ing a model to cities of much 
greater pretensions. 

The city government of 
St. Louis consists of the Mayor, 
Auditor, Collector of Revenue, 
Inspector of Weights and Measures, Assessor, Coroner, 
Sheriff, Recorder of Deeds, Public Administrator and Presi- 
dent of Board of Public Improvements, all of which officers 




Edward A. Noonan, Mayor. 

Comptroller, Treasurer 



COMMERCIAL AND 



are elected by the people once in four years. The Board of 
Public Improvements consists of the Street Commissioner, 
Water Commissioner, Park Commissioner and Sewer Commis- 

n 1 sioner, all appointed 
by the Mayor, who also 
has the appointment 
of Assessor of Water 
Rates, Commissioner 
of Public Buildings, 
• Commissioner of Sup- 
plies, Inspector of 
Boilers, members of 
the Board of Health, 
Health Commissioner, 
City Counselor, Jury 
Commissioner, Jailer, 
Superintendent Work 
House, Chief of Po- 
lice, judges of city 
police courts and City 
Attorney. 

The Mayor re- 
rj ceives an annual salary 
of $5,000, and is the 
executive head of the 
city. He has no judi- 
cial duties. Besides 
the various departments and offices already mentioned, the Fire 
Department, with its chief and his assistants and forty com- 
panies, fire alarm telegraph and various other departments are 
under control of the Mayor. 




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Cyrus P. Walbridge, President of the Counci 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 



STREET COMMISSIONER'S DEPARTMENT 
OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS. 



The Street Department of St. Louis is one of the most 
important departments of the municipal government. 

The natural growth of the city in the past few years has 
naturally created a con- 
stant and ever increas- 
ing demand for new 
streets in the newly 
extended limits. This 
demand is not confined 
to any one portion of 
the city, but is practi- 
cally universal. 

The construction 
of new streets, the re- 
construction and main- 
tenance of old ones, 
the repairs and recon- 
struction of sidewalks 
and alleys in a city 
with 350 miles of fully 
improved and paved 
streets and about 250 
miles of streets legally 
opened or dedicated, 
but yet to be improved, 
is a work requiring 
labor and care. 

The State Legislature passed at its last session what is known 
as the boulevard bill, making it lawful for cities of a certain 




M. J. Murphy, btreet Commissioner 



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COMMERCIAL AND 



size in the State to establish by special tax on adjacent property 
a system of boulevards. It is the intention of Street Commis- 
sioner Murphy to make every effort to establish and construct a 
system of boulevards in St. Louis which will be a pride to 
the city and her people. In the plan already prepared in that 

office every part of 
the city from extreme 
north to extre m e 
south, and from the 
river to the western 
city limits, has been 
treated with the same 
consideration. 

St. Louis may be 
justly proud of her 
streets in the "down- 
town" or business 
district of the city, it 
being paved almost 
without a single ex- 
ception with granite 
blocks. It is needless 
to say that granite 
pavements have given 
satisfaction. They 
have facilitated and 
thereby decreased the 
cost of transportation 
over the streets very 
largely. Manufact- 
urers and business houses handling a large amount oi heavy 
goods report that this paving has reduced the cost of transport- 
ing their wares about two-fifths. 

St. Louis has 218,358 feet or 41.35 miles of streets con- 
structed with granite blocks; 1.434,857 feet or 271.76 miles of 
streets constructed with macadam ; 27.770 feet or 5.2G miles of 




Michael Foers+e 1 , Treasurer. 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 



11 



wood blocks laid on 
concrete base ; 20,882 
feet or 3.95 miles of 
streets constructe d 
with sheet asphaltum ; 
96,739 feet or 18.32 
miles of street made 
with telford pavement. 
During the fiscal 
vear of 1877-78 the 
Street Department ex- 
pended on the recon- 
struction and mainten- 
ance of streets $627,- 
542.59. During the 
years '89-90 the de- 
partment expended 
$1,690,615.96. Dur- 
ing this entire time, 
namely, thirteen years, 
$18,052,629.28 h a s 
been spent on our 
streets, making a total 




Thos. J. Ward, Speaker of the House of Delegates. 



of 1,804,450 feet, or 341.75 miles of fully improved streets. 



12 COMMERCIAL AND 



VIADUCTS BUILT BY STREET DEPART- 
MENT ACROSS MILL CREEK VALLEY. 



When in 1875, after the completion of the St. Louis bridge, 
the building of the present union depot, and in consequence 
thereof an extension of the track system and yard room of the 
railroads in Mill Creek Valley was decided upon, the necessity 
of bridging the tracks became at once apparent. The southern 
part of the city had indeed been suffering for years from the 
interference of the railroad traffic with the north and south 
traffic of the city. In the same year therefore that the union 
depot was built, the construction of what are known as the 
Twelfth and Fourteenth Street bridges was begun. They were 
built as cheaply as possible, the width of the roadway reduced 
to a minimum, the material mainly wood. Although a great 
deal of money has been spent in their maintenance, their days 
of usefulness are nearly oyer and they will soon haye to be 
replaced by bridges more adequate for our modern street traffic. 

The spreading out of the yard system towards the west led, 
in 1881. to the construction of Jefferson Avenue bridge, and in 
1884 to that of the Eighteenth Street bridge. Roadways wide 
enough for two car tracks, and two vehicles abreast between the 
tracks, substantial block pavements for the roadway, and iron 
throughout for the truss work were here adopted. The cost of 
the former bridge was $80,000, of the Eighteenth Street bridge, 
owing to the great length, about double that sum. 

In 1886 the building of Grand Avenue bridge was com- 
menced and the same was completed in the summer of 1889. 
The character of Grand Avenue as the principal thoroughfare of 
the city from north to south, extending from the river front near 
the site of the present water works to Carondelet, a length of 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 13 

about 14 miles, and connecting the Fair Grounds and Zoological 
Garden with Tower Grove and Carondelet Parks, seemed to 
justify the adoption of the expensive design well known to our 
readers. The total length of the bridge is 1,600 feet, its width 
60 feet. The total cost of Grand Avenue bridge was $450,000. 

The bridge now in course of construction is on Twenty- 
first Street, between Chouteau Avenue and Clark Avenue, and 
the building of the new union depot w 7 ill doubtless cause a great 
deal of traffic on this bridge when completed. 

Besides new bridges on Twelfth and Fourteenth Streets 
there will, in the near future, be a boulevard bridge erected by 
the city over the railroad tracks on King's Highway between 
Forest Park and Tower Grove Park. 

Mr. Carl Gayler, engineer of the bridge department of the 
Street Commissioner's office, has superintended the construction 
of all these viaducts and designed the Grand Avenue Bridge. 
This has been pronounced by all authorities on the subject the 
finest viaduct in this country. 

St. Louis has 250 churches, 14 libraries, 106 public schools, 
78 parochial schools, 32 universities, colleges and academies, 
nine daily papers and a cloud of weekly and monthly publica- 
tions. It is connected with Illinois by two bridges, and another 
is in contemplation. The city has a river front of twenty miles. 
It contains the largest drug and hardware houses and the 
largest sugar refinery in the world ; also the largest and most 
complete cracker factory ; twenty-five lines of street railways, 
nearly all electric and cable. Here is also located the largest 
brewery in the world. In brief, the boast of its citizens that it 
is the " future greatest inland city " has a solid foundation, and 
bids fair to be realized ere another century rolls around. 



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COMMERCIAL AND 



PARKS. 



Independent of her magnificent Fair Grounds, St. Louis 
has a park area of 2,125.30 acres. The parks, eighteen in 
number, are so situated as to afford convenient places of health- 
ful resort to the people of all parts of the city. All of them 
except Tower Grove and Lafayette Parks are under the super- 
vision of the city Park Commissioner, who is appointed by the 
Mayor, subject to the approval of the Municipal Assembly. 
The names and areas of the different parks, how acquired, 
original cost and cost of improvements and maintenance are set 
forth in the following schedule : 



Name. 


Area 

in 
acres. 


How and when Cost of 
acquired. purchase. 


Improve- 
ment and 
mainte- 
nance. 


Total 
cost. 


Benton Park 

Carondelet Park, 


14.30 

3.17 

180.00 

2.36 

1,371.94 

1.15 

8.26 

11.84 

1.62 

3.17 

10.92 

158.32 

13.88 

1.66 

6.00 


From city commons. 1866 

From, city commons. 1812 

By purchase 1875 

By donation 1842 





$79,337 16 
3,037 24 

130,942 90 
45.878 35 

877,584 16 
13,800 42 
26,443 44 
94,345 14 
27,189 81 
18,644 65 
26,685 57 

237,243 57 
94,802 32 

4,020 22 

74,025 59 


$79,337 16 

3,037 24 

271,513 00 
45,s78 35 


Carondelet Park, 

new limits 

< air Square 


$140,570 10 


849,058 61 


1,726,642 77 




Donated by city 1874 

From city commons. 1812 

By purchase 1854 

By donation 1829 

From city commons. 1812 

U. S. donation 1872 

By purchase 1875 

By donation 1850 

Donated by city 1882 

By purchase 1840 


13,800 42 
26,443 44 
130,595 14 
27,189 81 
18,644 65 






Hyde Park 

.Jackson Place 


36,250 00 


Lyon Park 

O'FallonPark.... 


' 259,065 35 


26,685 57 
496,308 92 
94,802 32 

4,020 22 

99,025 59 


South St. Loui s 
Square 

W ashington 
Square 




25,000 00 


Total 


1,788.59 




1,309,944 06 


1,753,980 54 


3,063,924 60 









PARKS IN CHARGE OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS. 



Lafayette Park. .. 

Tower Grove Park 

*Compton Hill 

Res. Park 



29.95 
2G6.7>> 



40.00 
Total 2,125.30 



From city commons. 1844 
Conditional donationl868 

Water department. .1865 



$411,057 25 $411,057 25 
790,390 06 790,390 06 



1,309,944 06 2,955,427 85 4,265,371 91 



In charge of Park Commissioner. 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 15 

Forest Park is next to Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, the 
largest in the United States and the tenth largest in the world. 
In natural scenery it is unsurpassed, and what has been done by 
art to improve it has been accomplished with good taste. It 
contains numerous magnificent drives, well-built bridges, lakes 
and ponds, a deer paddock containing thirty deer, and a buffalo 
yard, in which are five splendid specimens of that now nearly 
extinct animal. Here are also the hatcheries of the Missouri 
Fish Commission. 

The famous Shaw Botanical Garden, although not a park, 
is also open to the public, and is one of the great attractions of 
St. Louis and a favorite resort of citizens and strangers. 

No city in the country is better provided with "breathing 
places" for her people than ours, and they are a source of 
health and recreation that cannot be too highly appreciated. 




16 COMMERCIAL AND 



AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 



The annual Fair of the St. Louis Agricultural and Mechan- 
ical Association has gained a world-wide reputation as being 
the greatest exhibition of its character on the continent. In 
1856 the inaugural Fair was held, which was rather a small 
affair when compared with the Fair of the present, at which is 
congregated exhibits representing every branch of industry in 
the country, as well as a live stock exhibition unequaled by any 
the world ever saw. Over $70,000 is distributed by the Fair 
Association annually in premiums. The thirty-first annual 
Fair will be held this year from October 5 to 10, and during the 
time St. Louis is overflowing with the rural population. In 
1876 the management decided to add to its other attractions the 
zoological gardens, and from year to year additions were made 
to this feature, so that now the collection of wild beasts, birds, 
etc., is unequaled by any garden on the continent. The gar- 
dens are open every day in the year. 

The Fair Grounds are situated in the northwestern part of 
the city, and the facilities for reaching them are of the best, there 
being five street car lines running direct to the gates, one of 
which is a cable line. 

The grounds cover over 143 acres, which includes the finest 
one-mile race course in America, and on which is located that 
architectural gem, the club house of the association, as well as a 
grand stand, which is built of solid masonry and iron, and 
is one of the finest structures of its character to be found any- 
where. During the meetings of the St. Louis Jockey Club or the 
race meetings of the association the finest thoroughbred horses of 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 17 

this country are in attendance to enter into the contests of 
speed that are enjoyed as much by the thoroughbred race 
horse as by those witnessing the sport. The course here has 
few equals and the management is the acme of success. The 
panorama lying in view from the grand stand, showing the 
smoothly rolled mile of track, the inner grounds between the 
track circle, rich in blue grass, the long line of handsomely 
built stables beyond, the architecturally beautiful row of houses 
built by the different agricultural implement firms along the 
west side and the far-stretching display of well-improved subur- 
ban residences, make a picture that would well repay the visitor. 
Add to this a field of thoroughbred race horses, jockeys mount- 
ed, dressed in flashing colors, speeding away at a rate that only 
racers can, and one has a scene only witnessed on rare occa- 
sions. 




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COMMERCIAL AND 








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Globe Democrat Building. 

ISAAC S. TAYLOR, Architect. S. H. HOFMAN, Builder. 

GRAFTON STONE CO., Foundation. HYDRAULIC-PRESS BRICK CO., BricK. 

ST. LOUIS CUT STONE CO., Cut Stone. THE UNION IRON WORKS & FOUNDRY CO., Iron. 

CRESCENT PLANING MILL, Mi'l Work. J. M. SELLERS, Roofing. 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 19 



THE DAILY PRESS. 



St. Louis newspapers compare favorably with any of our 
cities in the mental pabulum they furnish to the public. Notably 
is this the case with the Globe-Democrat, which furnishes more 
news and spends more money for telegraphic matter than any 
paper in the country. In its circulation it largely leads all 
others here ; so much so that their Sunday edition has more paid 
circulation than all the rest combined. In politics it is Republican, 
but this does not prevent them from giving to the public all the 
news, and just as it happens, without regard to their opinions. 
It is ably edited by Mr. J. B. McCullagh, whose scent for mat- 
ter that will interest the public is not equaled by any editorial 
management in the country. Mr. D. M. Houser, the President, 
is a newspaper man of ripe experience and thorough business 
tact; he furnishes the "sinews of war," and to his liberal 
expenditure of money in furnishing the news is largely due its 
success. The business department is in the hands of Mr. S. 
Ray, the Secretary, who is thoroughly posted in its details, which 
makes a combination not excelled in any newspaper office. 
They are now erecting one of the finest newspaper buildings 
in the country, which will be equipped with all the latest 
appliances for modern journalism. It is situated on the corner 
of Sixth and Pine. 

The St. Louis Republic, Democratic, is the oldest paper in 
the city, having been established as the Missouri Gazette in 
July, 1808. It took a prominent part in the early history of the 
city, and its files preserve to posterity many of the interest- 
ing incidents of those days. In 1822 the name of the paper 
was changed to the Missouri Republican ; on May 31, 1888, to 
the St. Louis Republic. 



20 COMMERCIAL AND 

Post-Dispatch, an afternoon daily, also Sunday morning, 
is independent in politics. This paper is located on Olive 
street, between Broadway and Sixth street. It is without doubt 
the best evening paper in the country. 

The Evening Chronicle. — This paper was established July 
3, 1880, by a company which also owns the Cincinnati Eveni??g 
Post, the Detroit News and the Cleveland (O.) Evening Press. 
It was intended to fill the demand of all great cities for a paper 
which will give all the news in a condensed form at a low 
price. 

The Star-Sayings is the latest addition to the daily press, 
and is the outgrowth of the Sunday Sayings, a paper issued 
until lately only on that day. The increasing patronage of the 
Sunday Sayings prompted the management to enter the daily 
field with an afternoon paper, which they did at the low price of 
two cents. It is bright, full of good matter, and Republican in 
politics. Their building is at 105 North Sixth street. 

Anzeiger des Westens. — This is the oldest German paper in 
the city, its first number having appeared on October 31, 1835. 
Its editorial matter is*' thoughtful and scholarly, and it is the 
recognized exponent of Democratic principles. Its news col- 
umns are well conducted and complete, and it enjoys a large 
circulation. The location is on North Third street. 

Westliche Post. — This influential newspaper was originally 
established in 1857. The paper moved to its present commo- 
dious premises in 1874. The paper is Republican in politics, 
and in all the attributes of advanced journalism is one of the 
best newspapers in the land. It owns the building occupied by 
it, which is at the corner of Broadway and Market street. 

Amerika. — This paper was established in 1872 by the Ger- 
man Literary Society, and has since enjoyed the favor of a 
large and increasing circle of readers. Its editor has been con- 
nected with the paper from its inception, first as assistant editor, 
and since 1878 in his present position, and has contributed 
largely to its success by the force and elegance of his editorial 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. I.OUIS. 21 

work. The paper is Democratic in politics, and publishes 
morning, Sunday and weekly editions at its building on North 
Third street. 

The St. Louis Tribune is an evening paper of great force 
in the presentation of news. It especially represents the ex- 
treme or stalwart wing of the German Republicans. 

Of other publications in St. Louis there are hundreds — 
denominational, society, athletic, agricultural, medical, railway, 
trades, miningr, etc. 




22 COMMERCIAL AND 



STREET RAILWAYS 



St. Louis justly lays claim to being the best-paved city in 
the West. She may also, with equal justice, claim to be among 
those having the best street railway service. It is within only a 
few years that the desire for "rapid transit" seized our people. 
Before that period we had been content with the slow-dragging 
"double-ender," painfully and uncertainly propelled by mule or 
horsepower, and the universally anathematized "bobtail" and its 
solitary little mule, not much larger than and just about as re- 
liable as a "burro," for a motor. 

We have changed all that, however, since we became the 
" electric city." The horse and mule have been relegated to 
more suitable employment, the old-fashioned cars and the 
despised "bobtail" ha^ T e disappeared almost entirely, and the 
cable and electric cars, elegantly and substantially built and 
luxuriously upholstered and appointed, have replaced them. 

St. Louis now has twenty-five street car lines ; of these 
fifteen are run by electricity, five by cable and five by horse 
power. It is more than probable, too, that ere this article 
appears in print the motor of the last-mentioned five will be 
either electric or cable. 

It would seem from the number of electric roads, or, per- 
haps, we should say roads operated by electricity, that the 
electric motor has proven superior to the cable. On the score 
of " rapid transit," it undoubtedly has ; on that of economy, it 
is a mooted question which is preferable. It is said that for a 
route on which travel is heavy the cable is cheaper, and that 
where it is light electricity is in every way better. This is a 
question for capitalists interested to decide. It has been dem- 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 23 

onstrated in St. Louis that territory traversed by the principal 
electric lines, viz. : the Union Depot line, of which John 
Scullin is the proprietor, and which traverses the city from the 
Union Market by a circuitous route through a well-populated 
territory to Maryville, was the first electric road built, and has 
done more to increase the value of property all along its line 
during the short period since its completion than its predecessors, 
the horse railroads, had done in many years. So with the Lin- 
dell road, of which George D. Capen is the life and soul. 
This road, starting from the bridge, runs one line of cars along 
Washington, Delmar, Taylor and other streets and avenues to 
Forest Park ; a branch diverging at Vandeventer and running 
to the Fair Grounds ; another line leaves Washington avenue at 
Fourteenth street, and runs due south and west to Chouteau 
avenue, thence west and south to Tower Grove Park. 

The South St. Louis Line begins at Sixth and Market 
streets and goes clear through to the southern limits of South 
St. Louis or Carondelet. 

The Missouri Railroad Company, of which Mr. Chouteau 
Maflit is the ruling spirit, transports passengers via Market and 
Chestnut streets to Forest Park and to the region intersected by 
the Manchester road. 

The Mound City and Bellefontaine roads, which run to the 
extreme northwest and to the Water Tower districts, are man- 
aged by that veteran street railroad man, Robert McCulloch. 

On the lines of all these roads houses have gone up like 
magic, and the population and value of property have increased 
about 30 per cent. 

The same may be said in a less degree of the cable roads T 
one of which traverses the city along Broadwav from Baden to 
South St. Louis ; three others from the east side to the western 
suburbs, on different streets and avenues, and still another 
from Fourth and Morgan streets south to Chouteau avenue, 
thence west and south to Shaw's Garden and Tower Grove 
Park. 



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COMMERCIAL AND 



RAILROADS 



A definite idea of the importance of St. Louis as a railroad 
center may be inferred from the fact that, of the 5,967 miles of 
railway constructed during 1890, 1,263 miles, nearly one-quarter 
of the whole amount, were built in States directly tributary to 
this city. 

The total railroad mileage of the Uuited States on Janu- 
ary 1, 1891, was 167,264, and the nineteen roads centering here 
claim of this 28,548 miles. The traffic on these St. Louis roads 
shows for 1890 an increase of 13 per cent, over the preceding 
years. Heavy shipments were made to the Atlantic seaboard 
for exportation to England, Germany, France, Belgium, Hol- 
land, Austria, Saxony, Russia, Switzerland, Canada, Scotland, 
Ireland, Norway and Denmark. Also to Central and South 
America, Cuba and Mexico. 

The erection at an early day of a magnificent Union Depot 
is a foregone conclusion. All the necessary arrangements are 
nearly completed, and ere another year rolls around this much- 
needed improvement shall have been accomplished, and St. 
Louis railway facilities and conveniences will then be second to 
those of no city in the Union. The following is a correct list 
of the railroads centering here and their mileage : 



NAME OF ROAD. 



Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad 

Missouri Pacific Railroad 

Louisville & Nashville Railroad 

Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad 

Wabash Railroad 

Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad 

Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis (Mackey lines) 

St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad 

St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Railroad 

Chicago & Alton Railroad 

Mobile & Ohio Railroad 

Ohio & Mississippi Railroad 

Jacksonville & Southeastern Railroad 

Terre Haute & Indianapolis ^Vaudalia Line) 

Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City Railroad 

St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute (Cairo Short Line) 

St. Louis & Hannibal Railroad 

St. Louis, Alton & Springfield Railroad 

St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado Railroad 



Total mileage 



MILEAGE. 



6,646 

5,0!)4 

2,664 

2,133 

2,078 

1,828 

1,415 

1,441 

1,222 

S50 

688 

624 

405 

475 

451 

240 

12S 

105 

61 



28,548 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 25 

St. Louis owes its proud title of "Queen of the Mississippi 
Valley" to the railroads and the opportunities which they have 
given for carrying on its traffic with all parts of the West and 
Southwest. The first road to throw its lines out into the wilder- 
ness to the westward was the Missouri Pacific Railway. The 
position which it held forty years ago it still maintains — the first 
of St. Louis railroads ; the pioneer of them all, it is still St. 
Louis' greatest system. With its two great arms, one stretch- 
ing out into the West and the other into the Southwest, it 
gathers up the commerce of an empire and dumps it into the 
lap of St. Louis. 

The main line, extending along the valley of the Missouri, 
taps the richest grain-producing portion of the State. Its im- 
portant branches, extending into Southwestern Missouri, reach 
the extensive lead, zinc and coal fields and rich farming lands 
of that region. From Kansas City the main artery extends 
northward along the rich valley of the Missouri, reaching to 
Omaha and Lincoln. Another extensive branch penetrates the 
rich counties of Northern Kansas, from Atchison westward. 
One of the most important portions of this system, which was 
completed in recent years, and has acted as an important adjunct 
to St. Louis' extensive commerce, is what is known as the 
" Colorado Short Line," a portion of the system which forms a 
western extension from Kansas City to Pueblo ; not only placing 
this city in direct communication with the rich agricultural 
region of Central Kansas, but making the rich mines of gold, 
silver, iron and coal in Colorado contribute their treasures to 
swell the importance of St. Louis. Scarcely any portion of 
Kansas is left without a branch of the Missouri Pacific system. 
South of the "Colorado Short Line" extends the Fort Scott, 
Wichita and Western Division, from Fort Scott to Wichita, 
Hutchinson and Kiowa. In the extreme southern portion of the 
State, from Chetopa westward, extends the Denver, Memphis 
and Atlantic, another important feeder of the system. A still 
more recent addition to the lines was the completion of the Kan- 



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sas and Arkansas Valley Division, from Coffey ville to Fort 
Smith, where it connects with the Arkansas lines, opening up a 
large new territory, and placing Kansas City in direct communi- 
cation with the South and Southwest. 

The Iron Mountain stem of the system commencing at St. 
Louis, the main line runs southwestward through the great 
Ozark iron region of Eastern Missouri, through the timbered 
tracts of Arkansas and its cotton and fruit lands, to Texarkana. 




S.H.h. CLARK, 

St Vice-President and General H&naeer 

H. C. TOWNSEND, 

ftVflerul Passenger and Ticket Atfant. 
SX.XOCIS, MO. 



on the border of the State. So extensive have been the ramifi- 
cations of this road in Arkansas in recent years that the general 
reader must have lost sight of the great progress made in this 
State. Coming down the Arkansas River Valley from Fort 
Smith is the Little Rock and Fort Smith Division, which carries 
an enormous traffic. From Little Rock to the eastward the 
Memphis Branch, anew line, places the State in direct communi- 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 27 

cation with Tennessee's metropolis — Memphis — and the East, 
while a branch extending from Knobel, on the main line, to 
Memphis, places that city and St. Louis in direct commercial 
communication. Another branch extends from Little Rock, the 
capital of the State, southeast to Arkansas City, on the Missis- 
sippi River, where it has connection with lines from New Or- 
leans and the Southwest. The latest extension, and one of the 
most important, is that from a point on the division just men- 
tioned, in Southeastern Arkansas, down into the untouched 
timber regions of that part of the State and Northern Louisiana, 
and known as the "Houston, Central Arkansas and Northern 
Line." This branch opens up an exceedingly rich cotton, sugar 
and fruit territory, and will soon be completed through to Alex- 
andria, on the Texas and Pacific road, and will give St. Louis 
its most direct line to New Orleans. 

The equipment of the Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron 
Mountain Route for passenger travel is unexcelled in this sort of 
service. Four daily passenger trains run west to Kansas City, 
carrying free reclining chair cars and through Pullman buffet 
sleepers. These latter are continued on through to Leaven- 
worth, Atchison, St. Joseph, Lincoln and Omaha, to the west- 
ward, from St. Louis without change, to Pueblo and Denver via 
their own lines, and in connection with other roads to Denver, 
Cheyenne, Ogden and Salt Lake City, to which points no 
change is necessary, and from St. Louis to Fort Scott and 
Wichita. Free reclining chair cars are run to Memphis, Little 
Rock, Malvern and Texarkana. Through Pullman buffet 
sleeping cars without change to Memphis, Little Rock, Hot 
Springs, Texarkana, Houston, Galveston, Austin, San Antonio 
and Laredo, connecting direct for the City of Mexico; Dallas, 
Fort Worth and El Paso, connecting for California. And in 
addition to this, similar equipment is run between Kansas City, 
Little Rock and Hot Springs by way of the Wagoner Route and 
Fort Smith. 



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lA^/A 



The Chicago and Alton Rail- 
road. — The three great cities of the 
West — St. Louis, Chicago and Kansas 
City — are linked together by this unex- 
celled railroad. The line from St. 
Louis to Chicago is 283 miles ; from 
St. Louis to Kansas City 323 miles, 
and from Chicago to Kansas City 488 
miles. In addition to its excellent lo- 
cation for controlling traffic between 
the three large commercial centers named, a glance at the map 
will show that it runs through the finest agricultural lands and min- 
eral regions of Illinois and Missouri and, necessarily, touches 
many of the largest and most thrifty commercial and manufact- 
uring cities in the States traversed by it. The location of the 
Chicago and Alton railroad is the first explanation of its suc- 
cess. 

Next in importance to its location is its management. In 
this respect it occupies an unique position. While considerable 
of its shares are held by small investors, the majority of its stock 
is owned by a few well-known, conservative men, who make up 
the directory, and who give this compact piece of property their 
almost undivided attention. The officers of the company are 
nearly all old-time employes, who have worked up from the 
ranks, thoroughly acquainted with the road and its patrons, and 
universally respected by its employes, who, in turn, are noted 
for their extreme loyalty to the company. 

There are no "stock jobbers" among the directors or offi- 
cers of the Alton Company, and being entirely free from Wall 
Street influences and dictation, the officers of the company are 
backed up fearlessly by the directory in every fair and honorable 
fight that they are compelled to make in behalf of the interests 
of the company. 

The Chicago and Alton, however, is not more renowned 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 29 

for its conservative and successful financial policy than for its 
progressive methods. This line has the proud record of being 
the first line to introduce " Pullman sleeping cars," the first line 
to run a "dining car," the first line to adopt " reclining chair 
cars," and although not the first line to adopt the vestibule sys- 
tem, it was the first line to incorporate sleeping cars, reclining 
chair cars and dining cars in a solid vestibuled train, and it is 
to-day the only line running such "solid vestibuled trains" be- 
tween St. Louis and Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City and 
Chicago and Kansas City. It has also recently adopted the 
" Pintsch gas system" of lighting its trains — a new invention — 
insuring the brightest, pleasantest and most reliable light ever 
introduced on any train. 

George M. Pullman does not forget that the Chicago and 
Alton Railroad was the first line to appreciate his genius by giv- 
ing him permission to run his "first sleeper" over that road. 
There is nothing that the Pullman Company can devise that is 
too good for the "Alton." Everybody has read of the recent 
" palaces on wheels " in the shape of "compartment sleeping 
cars" on night trains, and "parlor day cars" on day trains, 
which have been put in service on the Alton road between St. 
Louis and Chicago. Space forbids, as language fails, to de- 
scribe the surpassing beauty of these cars. Suffice it to say that 
they simply but surely outclass anything on wheels in this or 
any other country. 

The road-bed of the Chicago and Alton line is perfect. It 
is the only completely stone ballasted line between St. Louis 
and Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City and Chicago and Kan- 
sas City. Its bridges are all iron, steel and stone. No dust ; 
no accidents ; no delays 

Connections are made in Union Depots in St. Louis, East 
St. Louis, Chicago, Kansas City and Bloomington. 

The Burlington Route. — There is scarcely a man. 
woman or child in this big United States that has not heard of 



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the "Burlington Route," so well has it been made known by 
the lively passenger agents that work for it. But they have not 
said anything about it that was not true, so well are its affairs 
managed and so much of this vast country does it cover. When 
one thinks of 7,000 miles of track it is almost beyond compre- 
hension ; and when we know that hundreds of well-filled passen- 
ger trains are constantly going over the fertile territory that it 
spans, some idea can be formed of the immense business that it 
does. A glance at the map which accompanies this article will 
convey some idea of the vast territory it covers and of the num- 
ber of cities and towns you can reach by traveling this way. Is 
it for pleasure or to locate a farm, get your ticket over the 




"Burlington." Full information will be given you at any of 
their ticket offices and stations. 

The Burlington Route is the model railroad of the West, 
and is the name of a first-class railroad from Chicago, Peoria 
and St. Louis to and between the principal cities and towns of 
Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska and 
Colorado. The 7,000 miles of this great road pass into and 
through the farming regions of these great States, reach Dead- 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 31 

wood, South Dakota, and the new mining country of the Black 
Hills. Along the lines of the Burlington Route are the best 
opportunities in the West, Northwest and Southwest for the 
farmer, the manufacturer, the merchant, the miller, the miner 
and the pleasure seeker. 

The Burlington Route runs through passenger trains every 
day in the year between St. Louis, Chicago and Peoria, Kansas 
City, Atchison, St. Joseph, Council Bluffs, Omaha, Lincoln, 
Denver, St. Paul and Minneapolis, making connections at these 
points with all Eastern and Western roads, and giving the trav- 
eling public unequaled facilities. 

For speed, safety, comfort, character of equipment and 
track, and efficient service for passengers and freight, it is unex- 
celled. 

For further information, tickets, rates, etc., call on your 
nearest railroad agent, or address 

Howard Elliott, G. F. & P. A., 
C. M. Levey, Gen'l Supt., St. Louis, Mo. 

Keokuk, Iowa. 

The Jacksonville Southeastern Line opened up for 
business in St. Louis in November, 1890, they having built 
from Litchfield direct into East St. Louis. In December, 1890, a 
through traffic arrangement was made by the Jacksonville South- 
eastern Line and A., T. & S. F. R. R., and through passenger 
trains, composed of elegant, new, Pullman palace sleeping cars, 
reclining chair cars and comfortable coaches, were put in service 
between St. Louis and Chicago, passing through the most im- 
portant cities of Illinois — Litchfield, Jacksonville, Pekin, Peoria, 
Streator, Joliet, and many other cities of importance. The Jack- 
sonville Southeastern Line is the only direct line running through 
trains between St. Louis and Peoria and Peoria and Spring- 
field. This line also operates between Springfield and Mt. 
Vernon, and Columbiana and Litchfield ; the total mileage of 
this system being 405 miles. 



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On April 18, 1891, this new Chicago line placed in service 
some of the finest buffet compartment sleeping cars ever built 

by the Pullman Compa- 
ny, and they are pro- 
nounced by all as being 
the finest, handsomest 
and most convenient cars 
ever run between St. 
Louis and Chicago. 

If you have ever heard 
of the handsome "Red 
Express," it is the train 
being run by this line. 

We are looking to the 
comfort of our passen- 
gers, and nothing will be 
left undone to make this 
the popular route be- 
tween the two great cities 
of the West, St. Louis 
and Chicago. The offi- 
cials of this line are cour- 
teous, and always willing 
to inform the traveling 
public of rates, routes, 
time of trains, etc. The 
general offices are located in Jacksonville, 111., Mr. D. W. Rider 
being Superintendent, W. W. Kent, General Passenger Agent, 
W. C. Alvord, General Freight Agent, E. A. Nixon, Assistant 
General Freight Agent. W. M. Bushnell, Commercial Agent, 
and H. A. Suttle, General Agent Passenger Department, are lo- 
cated in this city, at 513 Chestnut street. Ticket offices at 101 
North Broadway and Union Depot. 




ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 33 



The Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City R. R. extends 
/$fSS| H1 a northeasterly direction from St. Louis, and 
jMBft traversing the States of Illinois. Indiana and 
EpTHJij|5p Northwestern Ohio, terminates at Toledo, in the 
\ latter State, where connections are made in the 

same station with through trains to all points East. Its road- 
bed and equipment are unexcelled, and the section of our country 
it penetrates is unsurpassed. Leaving the Union Depot at St. 
Louis, the traveler is literally hurled through the sulphurous 
fumes of the black tunnel into the bright sunshine of one of 
God's fairest regions. Into the rich farms and green pastures, 
dotted here and there with the substantial looking farmhouses 
which decorate the undulating bosom of the great rolling prai- 
ries of Central Illinois, and ever and anon the shrill whistle and 
sudden stop proclaims the thriving town or prosperous city. 
One hundred and eighty-four miles from St. Louis and the Indi- 
ana State Line is crossed. Thence across the Hoosier State, 
through the cities of Frankfort, Kokomo, Marion and others, 
whose wonderful development bespeaks the bountiful resources of 
the surrounding country which can contribute to such prosperity. 
Three hundred and fifty-one miles from St. Louis and the trav- 
eler is whizzed across the Ohio State Line, and once in the con- 
fines of the natural gas region he sees in full blast the many 
industries which have been fostered and stimulated by that 
beneficent fuel manufactured by Mother Nature deep in the 
bowels of the earth, where neither trusts nor tarriers can stop or 
impede its inexhaustible production. Four hundred and fifty-one 
miles from St. Louis and the broad bosom of Lake Erie glad- 
dens the eye, and the inland habitant sniffs the fresh lake breeze 
and counts the white sails, or watches the long line of dark 
smoke which proclaims the passing steamer on the far horizon. 
The hoarse cry, "Union Depot, all out for Toledo," announces 
the terminus of the Clover Leaf Route. Here passengers for 
the East connect with through trains for Buffalo, New York, 
Boston, Montreal, Quebec and all principal points. Here the 

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vessels, which ply the great lakes, receive their consignments of 
grain and merchandise to be transported via the natural water- 
ways to the Eastern ports and far beyond. Here the traveler 
gives a retrospective glance at the line just traversed. He 
remembers with pleasure the luxuriously appointed vestibule 
train, fitted with all the conveniences which science and inge- 







nuity can devise for tke comfort and safety of the traveling pub- 
lic. He remembers the rhythmical click of the trucks, a pleasant 
accompaniment to lazy thoughts, and contrasts it with the shak- 
ing and jarring undergone on other roads. He congratulates 
himself on his choice of the new route, and promises himself in 
future he will always go East via the "Clover Leaf Route," 
purchasing his ticket at the ticket office, 215 N. Fourth street, 
St. Louis. 



The St. Louis Transfer Company. — This old and well- 
established carrier was chartered before the war, when all the 
traffic between the east and west shores of the Mississippi at this 
city was done only on ferry boats ; then, as now, always prompt 
and efficient in the carriage of passengers, baggage and freight. 

A step in advance of most other cities was made when the bag- 
gage of the passenger was checked directly from his hotel or res- 
idence to its point of destination, thus avoiding all trouble and 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 35 

delay at the Union Depot. The agents of the Transfer Com- 
pany are also to be found on all incoming trains, to receive the 
checks and directions of passengers as to delivery of baggage, 
while well-equipped carriages stand ready to convey the passen- 
ger to his destination in the city. 

The general office of the Transfer Company is corner Market 
and Broadway. 

The present officers of the company are: R. P. Tansey, Presi- 
dent and Manager; S. H. Klinger, Manager; G. B. Walls, 
Treasurer; B. M. Tansey, Secretary and Auditor; W. F. 
Tufts, Superintendent; Howard Stanton, General Agent. 




36 



COMMERCIAL AND 



AMUSEMENTS, 



The latest accession to places of amusement is the Hagan. 
The building will be five stories in height, surmounted by 




The Hagan Theater. 

a tower on Tenth and Pine streets 150 feet high. In this tower 
will be placed an immense clock, showing the time through four 
large illuminated dials. As can be seen, the building will be of 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. TOUIS. 37 

pressed brick with stone trimmings. The walls are all very 
heavy, 26 inches thick, interior as well as exterior. The face of 
the house will be on the Tenth street side, while the Pine street 
side will be devoted to business purposes. The entrance to the 
theater will be from both Tenth and Pine. The support of the 
tower is directly on the corner, with large entrances on either 
side of it. Entering, the patrons of The Hagan will walk over 
a floor laid with mosaic tiling, while just ahead will be seen two 
solid marble staircases, uniting on a turn and ascending to the 
balcony. The lobby will be 23 feet long, 40 feet wide and 40 
feet high and surmounted by a glass dome. 

The auditorium will be frescoed from top to bottom, and 
the decorations will be the finest that can be bought. The seats 
will be of the most modern and costly patterns, being rated at 
$9.50 to $10 each. The boxes will be 14 in number, two grand 
ones and one large box on either side on the first and second 
floors, with a large box spanning these on the third floor. These 
boxes will be of the lightest material possible consistent with 
strength, large pillars and ungainly railings being avoided. The 
draperies and decorations will be of the richest description. In 
addition there will be beautifully upholstered sofas in all parts 
of the theater. There will be several suites of rooms for the use 
of ladies, a parlor and a reception-room, an interior room and 
a toilet-room, the latter supplied with several stationary wash- 
stands, with hot and cold water. There will also be a gentle- 
men's lounging and smoking-room. To the south of the en- 
trance will be a luxurious office for the comfort of the manager, 
and beyond this apartments for the employes. 

There will be a fine drop curtain and a second drop of as- 
bestos. Old methods will be abandoned in handling scenery, 
all of which is to be raised and lowered by an electric motor. 
Electric fans will also be used for the ventilation of the house, 
forcing air through the pipes. 

In selecting the site for the house Mr. Hagan chose one 
central to all the cable, electric and street railway lines in the 



38 COMMERCIAL AND 

city. On the east is the Cass avenue. South St. Louis, Broad- 
way and Fourth street roads ; the Market street and Laclede 
avenue on the south ; the Blue line on the west, and the Olive 
street, Cable and Western, Northern Central, St. Louis avenue, 
Washington avenue, Benton and Belief ontaine and Citizens' on 
the north, while it is directly on the Union Depot and the Mound 
City lines. The work will all be done under the direction of 
Architect MacElfatrick, who is also a director of the company. 
The contracts have all been awarded, R. P. McClure having 
just been granted a building permit from the city for a $100,- 
000 structure. This and other extras will make the cost over 
$150,000. 

The Hagan is being erected by the Hagan Opera House 
Co., a joint stock organization, the stock of which is held by 
Messrs. Oliver L. Hagan, John H. Havlin, J. B. MacElfatrick 
and Rufus J. Delano, and of which Mr. Hagan is president, 
Mr. Havlin vice-president, and Mr. MacElfatrick secretary. 
The theater, however, will be under the management, one of the 
most remarkably successful in the country, of Havlin & Hagan. 
They will be the sole^managers, and will conduct the house as 
a strictly high class one,, at prices ranging from 25 cents to $1.50. 

Mr. Hagan, the president of the company, is one of the 
best known, most popular and most energetic managers St. 
Louis has ever had. 

Mr. Havlin, who has headquarters in Cincinnati, with 
houses in that city, Chicago and St. Louis, is one of the best 
known and hardest working managers in the country, with a 
reputation in the profession which is envied by all. 

Mr. MacElfatrick is one of the best known and most capa- 
ble theatrical architects in the country. 

Mr. Delano is a well-known St. Louis attorney, and has 
had a great deal to do with theatrical matters as general attor- 
ney of Havlin & Hagan. 

Grand Opera House. — This now palatial theater was 
opened first to the public on May 10, 1852, as the Varieties 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 



39 



Theater, and during several seasons thereafter was one of the 
largest variety houses in the West, producing some grand spec- 
tacular pieces, the Black Crook, for instance, which had a run 
of several months, bringing to the city thousands from the neigh- 
boring towns to witness its presentation, which was acknowledged 
to have been the most elaborate and gorgeous presentation of 
that extravaganza ever put upon the stage. After changing 
hands and being entirely rearranged, it was opened as a first- 
class theater August 29, 1881. It was destroyed by fire on May 

28th, 1884, and was rebuilt and 
opened September 14, 1885. 
The interior and exterior is in 
the Moresque style of decora- 
tion and architecture. The 
seating capacity is 2,300, which 
includes a double tier of pro- 
scenium boxes, which are per- 
fect gems. All the leading 
stars have been seen upon its 
stage, and on the visits of Ed- 
win Booth, Miss Mary Ander- 
son, Joe Emmet, and Grand 
Opera, even standing room is 
not available. Mr. John W. 
Norton, once an actor of re- 
nown, but now retired from 
the stage except for an occa- 
the proprietor and manager. Mr. 




Grand Opera House. 



sional charitable benefit, is 
George McManus is the treasurer. 

Olympic Theater. — The old Olympic, as it is now re- 
membered, was as familiar to theater-goers as any place of 
amusement could be. Its location, on the site of the present 
one, was so central, its lobby so wide and inviting, its pit so 
easy of access, the dress circle so charming, that if the play was 
only fair, the house was full. In its day the pit was only patronized 



40 COMMERCIAL AND 

by the mob — that is, all men — and the second tier was the 
fashionable or more expensive seating. This is all reversed 
nowadays. The first Olympic was opened on November 25th, 
1867, and continued up to 1881, when the owner concluded to 
erect a more modern structure, which was done, and the new 
Olympic was thrown open on September 11th, 1882, with Mr. 
J. K. Emmet on the boards ; and as Joe Emmet was a St. 
Louisan, it is hardly necessary to say that the house was filled to 
its utmost. When it was rebuilt nothing was left out of its con- 
struction, furnishing or decoration to prevent making it a model 
place of amusement, but everything modern was included, even 
to expensive hand-carved woodwork, that ornaments the whole 
interior. The capacity of the house is 2,400, but on several oc- 
casions there have been 3,000 people present. The attractions 
offered during the season include the best companies in drama 
and operas. The largest receipts during any one engagement 
were those of Booth and Barrett, " Bunch of Keys " and J. K. 
Emmet. Mr. Charles A. Spalding is proprietor and manager, 
and Mr. Pat Short business manager. 

Pope's THEATER-^yNinth and Olive. Perfect ventilation; 
sixteen exits. John H. Havlin and O. L. Hagan, proprietors 
and managers ; E. A. Elliott, business manager. This is one 
of the most popular theaters in town ; is situated in the heart of 
the city, within easy reach of all the hotels and street railroads. 
Popular prices prevail here, and this, with the best of attractions, 
make it a money-making institution. The best minstrel, panto- 
mime and melodramatic shows frequent this house, and there 
is not a more pleasant resort to visit. 

Havlin's Theater. — This popular amusement house is 
situated at the southwest corner of Sixth and Walnut streets, a 
very convenient location for the theater-going public. It was 
erected in 1880 for Messrs. Robertson & Mitchell, and was man- 
aged by them until 1885, when Mr. Mitchell became sole pro- 
prietor. After the death of Mr. Mitchell Mr. Havlin became the 
proprietor. The main entrance is on Sixth street, with an addi- 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 41 

tional entrance on same street for the gallery. Exits are pro- 
vided on the south through a private alleyway, and on the north 
via Walnut street. The decorations are in fresco and plush, the 
double tier of private boxes are handsomely upholstered, and 
the drop curtain represents a scene in Venice. The capacity of 
the house is divided as follows : Parquette and Dress Circle, 
765 seats; Family Circle, second tier, 487 seats; Gallery, 1,000. 
The attractions booked for this house include comedy, melo- 
drama, and occasionally opera bouffe. 

Standard Theater. — In 1883 Mr. Edward Butler and J. 
McEntire erected the Standard, since which it has become one 
of the best patronized theaters in the city. It is located on the 
northwest corner of Walnut and Seventh streets, with entrance 
for parquette and balcony through lobby on Walnut street. 
Every precaution is taken to prevent accidents and against fire, 
there being exits on the east through private way, on the west 
by Seventh street and north by public alleyway. The interior is 
handsomely decorated, including an upper and lower tier of 
boxes, and the house accommodates very comfortably in par- 
quette and parquette circle, 900; balcony, 525, and gallery, 1,- 
000. It was opened by the presentation of the drama, " Power 
of Money," and continues to offer the best attractions in comedy, 
burlesque, the drama, etc. W. H. Smith is present manager. 

Pickwick Theater. — This snug place of amusement is lo- 
cated in the residence district (central western), at Jefferson and 
Washington avenues, and was intended first for a summer gar- 
den with stage attachment, then as a regular theater for all vis- 
iting troupes. The garden part has been abandoned, however, 
and the building, which is of brick and quite commodious, con- 
tains a very complete stage setting, with parquette, seating some 
500 people. The local dramatic and operatic talent give most 
of their entertainments here, besides which it is used as a lecture 
hall. 

Uhrig's Cave.— This is strictly a summer garden theater, 
and during the warm term light opera holds forth in all its splen- 



42 COMMERCIAL AND 

dor, and generally by some very excellent operatic company. 
The audience have seats — about 3,000 — commanding a view of 
the stage while the acts are on, between which they can stroll 
or sit and sip ices or light beverages at their pleasure. The 
location is Locust street and Jefferson avenue. Mr. McNeary 
is lessee and manager. 

Apollo Hall — A small theater on South Fourth street, is 
quite a neat place for amusement performances, and is usually 
open during the summer with some light attraction. 

Liederkranz Hall, situated on Chouteau avenue and 
Thirteenth street, is splendidly arranged for social gatherings, 
and many of the dancing parties, hops and club entertainments 
take place there. 

Schnaider's Garden has had a national fame as an open 
air resort. It used to be no uncommon thing to see from five to 
ten thousand people there of an evening. The whole enclosed 
space is brilliantly lighted, seats with tables are scattered 
throughout, flowers, shade trees and grottoes abound, and there 
are three separate mjisic pavilions, from which music of rare 
quality is heard. It is quite a handsome place, but many of its 
attractive features have been shorn to make place for building 
improvements. There are some smaller but very handsome 
gardens throughout the city, where one can spend a summer 
evening, enjoying the fresh air with a glass of beer or wine, and 
at the same time listen to the sound of splendid music. 

The Exposition Building. — The Exposition and Music 
Hall building is the largest and grandest ever used for exposi- 
tion purposes in the United States, excepting those of the Cen- 
tennial. It occupies the very central location bounded by Olive, 
St. Charles, Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. It is on the old 
site of Missouri Park, which occupied six and one-fourth acres. 
The dimensions are 506 feet in length by 332 feet in width, and 
contains 280,000 feet of space. The building was erected at a 
cost of $750,000, and in the incredibly short time of one year. 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 43 

The first Exposition was opened September 3d, 1884, by a grand 
street pageant of the Trades Association, grandly illuminated 
streets, and other appropriate ceremonies. The most success- 
ful expositions in attendance and financially have been those 
given at St. Louis. The building is an elegant and imposing 
structure, to which no cut seems to do justice. It is built 
of brick, cut stone and terra cotta, with three grand entrances 
on Olive street, and one each on Thirteenth and Fourteenth 
streets. The first floor is devoted to live machinery, exhibits of 
which have been the largest ever made. The other floors are 
devoted to fine displays that have never been excelled, as is con- 
ceded by those who are in a position to know. 

Grand Music Hall. — So extensive is the Exposition 
Building that one is surprised to find in its very center the larg- 
est music hall in the country, with a seating capacity of 4,000, 
and standing-room for 2,000 more. The stage is larger than 
any in New York, and has a full complement of the finest 
scenery. A grand organ, the finest and largest in the city, is 
located at the back of the stage. The opening of the Exposi- 
tion is usually early in September, and continues forty days. 
Gilmore's Band, of New York, sixty-five pieces, plays afternoon 
and evening, and there is some special feature for each of the 
forty days. 

Entertainment Hall is also under the same roof, seat- 
ing 1,500 persons ; is beautifully fitted up with all stage and other 
accessories. On the Olive street front are the ladies' parlors, 
Exposition post office, cloak rooms, offices, etc. The entire 
building is lighted with electricity. The Music Hall is kept 
perfectlv ventilated by an immense fan (which is located on the 
first floor). The fire department, boilers and engine are located 
in separate buildings opposite, on Thirteenth street. 

The Grand Carnival Season, or Autumnal Festivi- 
ties, commence with the opening of the Exposition, and usually 
continue about seven weeks. The illumination of miles of the 



44 COMMERCIAL AND 

streets by a hundred thousand gas lights, with colored globes, is 
the grandest sight to be witnessed on the continent, and has at- 
tracted not only persons from our own distant cities, but from 
abroad visitors come to witness this brilliant sight, which out- 
rivals anything of the kind ever attempted. At many of the 
cross streets are arches of exquisite designs, in colored lights, 
that almost defy description. 

The Noxon-Toomey Scenic Co. has furnished the stage 
scenery, etc., for all the principal theaters of St. Louis, and 
since the birth of the Veiled Prophets has furnished designs for 
its floats and tableau. 




ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 45 



HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS, 



The Southern. — This splendid establishment was erected 
on the site of the Old Southern Hotel, which was destroyed by 
fire April 11, 1877. It was erected by the Hon. Thomas Allen, 
a man who did very much to build up the general interests of 
St. Louis. It fronts on Walnut street, extending from Broad- 
way to Fourth street, along which it stretches to Elm street, 
thence three-fourths of the block toward Broadway again, leav- 
ing a small space on the corner of Broadway and Elm, which 
belongs to the hotel company. This space, now occupied, will, 
in the near future, be added to the hotel by the erection of a 
continuation of the hotel building, which will then cover the en- 
tire block. From this space on Broadway the hotel continues to 
Walnut street, the starting point in the description of the site. 
Its size, however, although covering nearly a large block, and 
being six stories high, is one of its least attractive features. 
That such a hotel is most elaborately furnished throughout every 
department of its interior goes without saying. It has not a 
superior in this respect anywhere. But the grandest feature in 
connection with this magnificent caravansary is its mammoth 
and palatial rotunda. From Walnut street through the entire 
building, north to south, is a promenade sixty feet wide. From 
Broadway to Fourth street, through the full length of the build- 
ing, a similar open way of thirty feet wide, the whole laid with 
white marble tiles, making a floor as smooth as a billiard table 
and affording a reception hall or rotunda, as you please, accom- 
modating several thousand persons without overcrowding. The 
decoration of the ceiling and columns of this rotunda is done in 
the finest oil, gold and silver fresco ; not the frescoing usually 
seen in public places, but that character of fresco work by hand, 



46 COMMERCIAL AND 

that made the palaces of Italy and Rome famous. The grand 
stairway leading from the rotunda to the second floor, with its 
graceful ascent, its bronze statuary and artistically hand-painted 
windows, which begin at the half landing and extend up to the 
ceiling of the second floor, is a bit of the general grandeur that 
is much admired. The parlors, ladies' ordinary, dining-rooms, 
in fact the whole interior is on the same scale of magnificence. 
The refreshment department and the billiard department are 
both conducted by the hotel management, consequently guests 
are assured that the former is supplied with the choicest liquids 
and that the latter is equipped with the most modern appliances 
known to the gentlemen's game. One other feature of the 
Southern is worth a passing notice, and that is, the hotel, from 
foundation to roof, is absolutely beyond the destroying element 
of fire. The whole interior construction is wrought iron with 
fire-proof blocks between, and if oil were poured over all the 
furniture of any room and set on fire only the material in that 
room could burn, nor would the heat be noticeable in the next 
room. 

Lindell Hotel. — This popular house was opened in the 
fall of 1874, after having been destroyed by fire. It has a front- 
age on Washington avenue, Sixth street and Lucas avenue, and 
contains 275 elegantly furnished apartments — many en suite — 
artistically decorated, luxuriously carpeted, with bath and other 
accessories, making it as complete a hotel as the traveler will 
care to find. The grand dining hall is a magnificent apartment 
130x55 feet without columns, and the ordinary, also a very beau- 
tiful room, is 80x40 feet. The building is practically fire-proof, 
being divided into fourteen separate fire-proof compartments, 
with massive solid walls forming the divisions from basement to 
three feet above the roof. 

St. James Hotel — Broadway and Walnut street. The 
St. James is centrally located, convenient to the great wholesale 
and retail houses. One square from the Court House, and 
within two squares of five theaters. Owing to the construction 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 47 

of the house and the location of the boilers, kitchen, bakery and 
laundry the hotel is practically fire-proof. It is heated by steam, 
has elevators, electric light, baths, etc. There are 200 rooms, 
45 of which are on the parlor floor, and the rates are $2 and 
$2.50 per day. Mr. Thomas P. Miller is the proprietor. 

Laclede Hotel is headquarters for local and State politi- 
cians, and in its rotunda almost any day the aspirant to office 
and his friends can be found in large numbers. The hotel fronts 
on Chestnut street, running half the block east toward Broad- 
way and extending along Sixth street more than half the block. 
Adjoining the rotunda is a fine billiard room, reading room, etc. 
It is conducted on the American plan. 

Mr. J. S. Mitchell is one of the best caterers in the city, 
and his restaurant, which always contains all the luxuries of the 
season and is patronized by the elite of the city, is located at 
314 North Broadway. 

A New St. Louis Resort. 

This literary panorama of the commercial and social pros- 
perity of St. Louis would be incomplete without mention of a 
resort recently established at Lebanon, Mo., by St. Louis 
capital and enterprise, to fill a "long felt want" of its people 
for a strictly first-class place near at home where health, rest 
and recuperation could be found amid surroundings as elegant 
and congenial as any offered by similar resorts in the East, that 
are reached only after a long, tedious and expensive journey. 

The recent important discovery of the wonderful magnetic 
water at Lebanon, now rapidly becoming famous for its phe- 
nomenal healing virtues, first attracted attention to its unsur- 
passed location and advantages for the building up, on its 
beautiful site, of a social and health resort which would alike 
be an honor to the State and a blessing to its people. Lebanon 
is the county seat of Laclede county, and has a population of 
3,000. "It is distant from St. Louis 180 miles, and is reached by 
the main line of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway. 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 49 

Lying upon the highest point of what is known as the 
plateau of the Ozarks, at an elevation above tide water of 1,280 
feet, surrounded by a succession of wooden hills and richly 
cultivated valleys offering endless variety and pleasure to the 
lover of rural beauty; with a climate the finest and healthiest 
in the world, Lebanon is a natural sanitarium at all seasons of 
the year. 

Lebanon's pride and the source of her new era of pros- 
perity, is the magnetic spring, whose waters have attracted 
hundreds of visitors to test its medicinal qualities and wonderful 
healing powers. It has fairly earned its name of "Nature's 
Great Remedy" by its phenomenal cures in extreme cases of 
rheumatism, insomnia, nervous debility and all diseases of the 
stomach, liver and kidneys, as its many grateful St. Louis 
patrons will testify. 

The forces at work in developing the latent advantages, 
attractions and resources of the locality are daily becoming 
more apparent in the extensive system of improvements and 
developments inaugurated the past year, w r hich bid fair to build 
up on this charming spot the most attractive metropolis in 
Southwestern Missouri. Nature has done much. Lebanon is 
seeing to it that everything that human art can do to secure 
health and comfort for its visitors shall be done. Visitors 
express surprise at the numerous beautiful homes in the resi- 
dence quarters. The people are hospitable, cultured and intel- 
ligent, the city enjoying an enviable reputation for its excellent 
society and the character of its educational and religious organi- 
zations. An extensive electric lighting system, an electric 
street railway and a perfect system of water-works are among 
the prominent improvements recently added to the city. 

Perhaps the most attractive feature to the visitor is "The 
Gasconade," the recently opened resort hotel, which stands on 
a most picturesque site overlooking the city. As a model of 
modern architecture, and in the perfection of its appointments, 
it is unsurpassed by any hotel in the State. It is a three story 
and basement structure, with wide porches along its entire front- 



50 COMMERCIAL AND 

age of 200 feet, having a most commanding view of the city 
and surrounding landscape. In its construction everything that 
human ingenuity could devise was added for the convenience 
and comfort of its guests. The entire building is heated by 
steam and lighted by electricity. The rooms are large, well 
lighted and ventilated, and so arranged as to be occupied single 
or in suites of two, three, four, five, six or seven rooms. The 
commodious office, with its spacious octagonal stairway, lighted 
by ornamental stained glass windows of unique design, invites 
the admiration of every guest. The office and parlors are con- 
nected with each other, the wide openings being filled with 
handsome grill work from which depend portieres of rich design. 
The dining room accommodates 300 persons, is well lighted and 
ventilated and presents a most attractive appearance with its 
gilded columns and rich appointments. The bath houses are 
connected with each floor of the hotel by large and easy stair- 
ways so that persons can retire to their apartments after bathing 
without becoming exposed to the air outside. The ladies' and 
gentlemen's departments are entirely separated, each having its 
own cooling rooms affd dressing rooms of ample size. The 
bath rooms are heated by steam, and lighted and ventilated by 
lantern light windows at the top, effectually preventing objec- 
tionable draughts. Bath tubs are porcelain-lined and of latest 
modern style. Vapor, shampoo, electric and magnetic baths 
are given. 

The hotel club house is provided with bowling alleys and 
billiard rooms. Under the careful supervision of its manager, 
Mr. H. M. Shaw (late of the Montezuma, Las Vegas Hot 
Springs), The Gasconade has already established a reputation 
that leaves nothing to be desired. 

Those who have not enjoyed the pleasure of a visit to 
Lebanon and are unacquainted with its many attractions and 
advantages, will feel amply repaid by making it the destination 
of their next holiday trip. In season, lovers of sport find game 
plentiful within a few miles, while the Gasconade River, within 
easy distance, has an unequalled reputation for its piscatorial 



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attractions and camping parties are numerous during the sum- 
mer months. Combining the generosity of nature, with its 
wealth of modern improvements, its superior railway advan- 
tages and close proximity to the commercial and industrial 
centers of the State, Lebanon offers health to the invalid, rest 
and recuperation to those worn out by toil, and recreation, con- 
tentment and hospitality to all who come within her gates. 




Tony Faust. 
The illustration here given is one that is familiar not only 
to all residents of St. Louis, but to visitors as well, and in fact 
is one of the show places of the town. 



52 COMMERCIAL AND 

It is now many years since Tony Faust became the pride 
and jov of our city, and when he opened his new place he gave 
us what is undoubtedly the finest appointed restaurant in the 
West. 

Next door is located the celebrated "Fulton Market." 
Here can always be found the largest and choicest assortment 
of fish, oysters, etc., fancy groceries, game, fruits, sauces, 
cheese and condimentary luxuries in general. A branch has 
been established at No. 3221 Olive street. 





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THE RIVER. 



Occupying, as she does, the best site on the greatest river of 
the American Continent, St. Louis naturally owes much of her 
present prosperity and founds many of her hopes for the future 
upon her position as center of western river navigation. To the 
river our city owes her birth, the promise of her early days, and 
much of the wonderful success that she now enjoys, and which is 
only a foretaste of what is yet to come. 

Railroads may come and go, but the river goes on forever, and' 
its waters afford cheap transportation to points all over our own 
country, and even to Europe ; for the Mississippi is the highway 
to the sea, provided by nature's self for the mighty " Empire of 
the West." 

As has well been said by one who knew whereof he wrote : 
"As an arbiter of rates, the Mississippi River is the most potent 
factor in the transportation of the West, and affects the same in- 
terests of the country at large to a greater extent than any other 
waterway system." And the late Gen. Sherman, with prophecy 
inspired by a perfect knowledge based on experience, declared 
that "the Mississippi River would ever prove the key to the 
safety of the nation ; the control of the one insuring the control 
of the other." 

In the anxiety to increase our railway facilities, and from various 
other potent causes, the river interests of St. Louis, once para- 
mount to all others, for years were neglected, and the river trade 
became almost a tradition. There has been a revival within the 
past few years, however, and prospects are daily brightening. 

For the year 1890, 1,265,592 tons of freight were received and 
shipped from this port, and the volume of traffic and profits there- 
on were greater than they had been during any of the preceding 
twenty-five years. 



54 COMMERCIAL AND 

On December 31st, 1890, there were 215 vessels, representing 
a tonnage of 123,878, enrolled here. During that year several 
new lines of packets were established, and there are now regular 
boats during the season running from St. Louis to all the streams 
tributary to the Mississippi. 

The outlook for a greatly increased river commerce is most 
encouraging, and a return to its former glory is by no means im- 
probable. 

The great river and its tributaries afford 18,000 miles of con- 
nected water courses, supplying greater fluvial facilities for in- 
ternal commerce than any other country in the world possesses. 

St. Louis has a river front of twenty miles, a fine harbor, which 
is now being improved and enlarged by United States engineers ; 
and with sufficiently liberal appropriations from the general 
Government for the improvement of the Mississippi and tribu- 
taries, there is no reason that St. Louis should not become the 
greatest grain exporting city in the country. 

The Grand Republic and Oliver Beirne. — These splen- 
did excursion steamers are the pride of our river. Having a 
large seating capacity^the Republic 3,500 and the Oliver Beirne 
2,000), and being equipped in the best manner, these steamers, 
under the command of Captains Thorwegen and Grissom, who 
are known wherever water runs as the most genial of officers, do 
the bulk of the river excursion business of St. Louis. Crowds 
of happy children from our Sunday schools and the Fresh Air 
Fund throng them on their annual treats. The family excursions 
on these boats are a boon to our city, and during the winter they 
are the largest carriers of cotton on the lower river. 




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ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 55 



CLUBS. 



St. Louis Club. — This is one of the largest clubs in the city, 
and is one of the few at present owning entire their own build- 
ings and grounds. The cut here presented does not do justice to 
the building or the surroundings. It is a handsome structure, 
built of red press-brick with sand-stone trimmings, having one 
grand entrance in the middle front, which leads into a palatial 
hall, showing the handsome double staircase backed and lighted 
by a richly ornamented glass window on either side as you enter 
the hall in the magnificently furnished apartments of this floor, 
consisting of reading rooms, billiard rooms, office, etc., while the 
second floor, built on the same plan, affords ample room for the 
members when entertaining their friends. The situation of the 
club house is at Locust and Ewing avenue. The membership is 
limited to 400. Once each month special receptions are given, 
with music, dancing and a grand spread. 

St. Louis Spanish Club. — Incorporated to promote the trade 
of St. Louis with the Latin-American republics ; to establish 
headquarters for the Spanish-speaking residents and business 
men of St. Louis ; to encourage the study of the Spanish lan- 
guage ; to afford facilities for conversational practice, and im- 
provement generally, to business men and clerks who are study- 
ing Spanish. 

Commercial Features : The club proposes to accumulate and 
to furnish to our business men information regarding the advan- 
tages, growth, requirements and regulations of the export busi- 
ness ; to assist our St. Louis merchants and manufacturers to 
extend the operations of their trade in the direction of exporting 
goods to Mexico, Central and South America ; to compile a list 
of merchants in good standing in the different lines of business 



56 COMMERCIAL AND 

in those countries, with their rating; to use among its members 
an Inquiry Sheet, for information regarding the standing and 
credit of foreign customers ; to afford special facilities for trans- 
lation of Spanish correspondence at nominal rates. 

Officers: L. D. Kingsland, President; C. A. Kendrick, Vice- 
President; S. L. Biggers, of Simmons Hardware Co., Secre- 
tary ; Eugene McQuillin, Treasurer ; Henry Stanley, of Todd- 
Stanley Mill Furnishing Co. 

Mercantile Club occupy the building 708 Locust street, 
which is fitted up in magnificent style. Its members include 
many of the prominent merchants, manufacturers, bankers, etc., 
of the city, who partake of the splendid cuisine prepared for 
them by the club management, especially at noon. It has about 
400 members, who have made its apartments popular for ban- 
quets, dinner and theater parties. Their wives and daughters 
partake of luncheon, when down town, in the ladies' drawing 
room. 

St. Louis Jockey Club. — This organization has for its prin- 
cipal purpose the improvement of the thoroughbred race-horse, 
by providing a racing course over which trials of speed are made. 
The club offers purses aggregating large sums of money, and for 
which the horses are entered to run, the winner of any race gain- 
ing quite a handsome sum. By this means owners of race 
horses are enabled and encouraged to raise and improve fine 
horses. The members of the club, like the majority of man- 
kind, are fond of witnessing interesting sports, and have pro- 
vided themselves the magnificent club house which is located 
at the racing course of the Fair Grounds, and from whose broad 
verandas and terraces they have a fine view of the track. Be- 
sides this, it is luxuriantly furnished, and their social gatherings 
are held in its spacious apartments. 

The Marquette Club was called into existence by St. 
Mark's Academy, a well-known literary association composed of 
alumni of St. Louis University. The ultimate purpose of St. 
Mark's had all along been to develop into an organization like 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 57 

the Xavier Union of New York City, but it was not until Sep- 
tember, 1886, that the Academy took the project vigorously in 
hand. With the able co-operation of representative Catholics of 
the city, the preliminary work was rapidly finished, and the club 
was organized and incorporated under the title "Marquette 
Club." 

The objects of the club are summed up at the head of its con- 
stitution, as follows: 

The primary objects of this club shall be to unite the repre- 
sentative Catholic gentlemen of the city and vicinity in bonds of 
social union ; to organize them into a body that shall represent, 
watch over, vindicate and further Catholic interests ; to maintain 
such a union and such a body by establishing it in an unobjec- 
tionable club house, and by placing the club on a lasting basis, 
to perpetuate such a union and such a body of representative 
Catholics in the City of St. Louis. 

Thus far the club has been well patronized ; its entertain- 
ments, lectures and receptions have been of the highest order; 
its financial prosperity has increased without assessments, and as 
soon as it has added to its attractions the projected gymnasium, 
with bowling alleys and hand-ball courts, the Marquette will be 
the most complete Catholic Club in the States. 

The University Club have elegant quarters on the corner of 
Pine and Beaumont streets. The club was formed of college 
men. They are noted for their hospitable entertainments, 
especially of gentlemen of prominence who visit St. Louis. 

Germania Club. — This is both a social and musical organi- 
zation for the pleasure and social entertainment of the members 
of the club. They have a large club house at 803 S. 8th street. 

Harmonie Club is one of the leading club organizations of 
the city, and is composed of representative Jewish gentlemen. 
The club house, Eighteenth and Olive, is a handsome building, 
built and owned by the club, and is furnished sumptuously. 

Concordia Club is the leading Hebrew club of the south side. 
They have a spacious building, splendidly furnished, at 1511 
Chouteau avenue. 



58 COMMERCIAL AND 

The Elks Club have their quarters in the Laclede Building, 
where they have splendid apartments. The Elks' benefits, 
which take place once yearly at some one of the principal thea- 
ters, and at which the different theatrical companies playing in 
the town at the time appear, is a noted event with play-goers. 

St. Louis Chess, Checker axd Whist Club have rooms at 
904 Olive street. The membership is large, and is made up of 
gentlemen of standing in the city. 



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59 



ATHLETIC, ETC. 

St. Louis Base Ball Association.— North Grand avenue, 
Geo. Munson, Secretary. This association is the St. Louis rep- 
resentative in the American Association of base ball clubs, and 
the members of the club, or the different members constituting 
the club's players, have for the past three years won the cham- 
pionship of the Association, in which there are eight other clubs 
of nine players each at one time in the field. 

St. Louis Gun Club.— This is a body composed of represent- 
ative business men who have their own park for shooting grounds, 
besides large premises for field shooting, and many of its mem- 
bers are noted wing shots. The objects of the club are to attain 
proficiency in shot-gun shooting, to protect the wild game of the 
State, so that there may be always an abundance during season, 
and to have an outing for recreation and pleasure. 

Gentlemen's Driving Club meet for the transaction of busi- 
ness pertaining to the club and for social purposes at their room, 
704 Pine street. The members meet at the driving park or 
speeding track of Forest Park, there to enjoy a friendly contest 
to test the merits of their own horses. 

Modoc Rowing Club have a neat club and boat house at the 
foot of Anna street, and the crews of this club are always heard 
from favorably in the contests for sculling honors that are held 
throughout the country. One of its members, and one who has 
attained high rank throughout the country, is Jake Gaudaur. 



60 COMMERCIAL AND 



CHURCHES. 



While St. Louis is not quite up to her sister cities in church 
architecture, she has improved herself in that line considerably 
in the past ten years. Our old churches have most of them been 
pulled down to make way for the inarch of business ; and, in 
fact, the only one down town in the middle part of the city is the 
" Old Cathedral," which is liable to stand for ages, as it is a very 
substantial structure. . Of the new churches, the First Presby- 
terian, on Sarah, corner of Washington avenue, a cut of which 
is here shown, is one of the most noticeable. The Rev. George 
E. Martin is its pastor. The Second Baptist, corner of Beau- 
mont and Locust streets, Rev. Jas. W. Ford is the pastor; First 
Congregational, Delmar and Grand, Rev. W. S. Palmer, D. D., 
pastor; Church of the Holy Communion (Episcopal), Leffing- 
well and Washington avenues, Rev. P. G. Robert, rector; 
Union (Methodist Episcopal), North Lucas, corner Garrison, 
Rev. C. P. Marsden, pastor; Cook Avenue (Methodist Episco- 
pal), south corner of Cook and Spring avenues, Rev. B. M. Mes- 
sick, pastor ; Church of the Messiah (Unitarian). Garrison avenue 
and Locust, Rev. John Snyder, pastor, are amongst the hand- 
somest of our Protestant churches, while St. Alphonsus (the 
" Rock Church"), Rev. J. A. McLoughlin, C. SS. R., rector; 
St. Francis Xavier, Grand and Lindell (building, services in 
basement), Rev. H. C. Bronogeist, pastor, and Sts. Peter and 
Paul's (German), Seventh and Allen avenue, Rev. F. Goller, 
pastor, are fine specimens of Gothic architecture. 




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LIBRARIES 



St. Louis Mercantile Library, southwest coiner Broad- 
way and Locust street. James A. Waterworth, President ; Hor- 
ace Kephart, Librarian. Number of volumes, 80,000. 




Mercantile Library. 



On the 13th of January, 1847, the association was organized by 
the adoption of a constitution, the first President being Mr. James 
E. Yeatman, the father of the scheme. A board of directors, 
chosen from among the leading merchants of the town, promptly 



62 COMMERCIAL AND 

entered upon their duties, and in April of the same year the in- 
fant Library was opened to its members in a suite of rented 
rooms on the corner of Pine and Main streets. At the close of 
the first year the membership numbered 283, with 1,680 volumes 
in the Library, and cash receipts for the year amounting to 
$2,689. 

By the end of 1886, the necessity of a really commodious, fire- 
proof and permanent home for the valuable collection of books 
and art treasures, and the constantly increasing army of mem- 
bers, had become apparent; and after some consideration of 
ways and means, the handsome, fire-proof, six-story building 
shown in the cut on preceding page was erected. 

Surely this showing should be a source of pride to every citi- 
zen of St. Louis, and in view of its meager facilities in the past, 
serve as a prediction of the great work this library will accom- 
plish in the broad field opened to it by the financial and other re- 
sources of its new building. The latter is constructed of gran- 
ite, brick, terra cotta and iron, and is thoroughly fire-proof 
throughout. The entrance to the library is located on Locust 
street, at the northwest corner of the building. Visitors will 
enter a handsomely furnished reception room, take a hydraulic 
elevator of the most approved construction, and in a few seconds 
find themselves in one of the most elegant and complete libraries 
in America. 

St. Louis Public Library. — From its organization in 1865 
until December, 1884, this institution was known as the Public 
School Library. As early as 1860, Ira Divoll, then Superintend- 
ent of the Public Schools, proposed to the School Board the 
establishment of a library as a necessary supplement of the pub- 
lic school course. 

The "Public School Library Society " was incorporated in 
February, 1865. The provisions of the charter established the 
closest relations between the Library and the Public Schools. 
The President of the School Board, the Superintendent of Pub- 
lic Schools and the Principals of the High and Normal Schools 
were made ex-officio members of the Board of Trustees, and 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 63 

active membership was confined to those connected in some way 
with the public schools. The fund raised by subscriptions and 
donations received a considerable increase from the proceeds of 
a school entertainment given in June, 1865 ; and in November it 
amounted to $5,726.65. 

The Library contains 70,000 volumes. It occupies the whole 
of the second floor of the Polytechnic Building. The greater 
part of the collection is stored in Ames Hall, a handsome room, 
80x60 feet, in the old alcove style of library architecture. 

The reading room is 100x50 feet, and is probably the largest 
and best lighted and ventilated public reading room in the coun- 
try. There are six smaller rooms. One of these contains a 
feature of the Library which should be of special interest to the 
readers of this work ; in it are placed all the text books and 
works on pedagogy and allied subjects. 

Law Library. — This library contains a large number of legal 
volumes — 11,500 — and is for the use of the members of the St. 
Louis Bar Association only. It has a reputation for its exten- 
siveness and completeness, the claim being that no other collec- 
tion in the West equals it. It is located in the south wing of the 
Court House, on second floor. 

St. Louis University Library is said to be a collection of 
more than usual value. The collection is quite large and is used 
by the University students. Location, Washington avenue and 
Ninth street. 

In addition to these are the following : Library of St. Louis 
Law School, Odd Fellows' Library, Slovansa Lipa (Bohemian), 
St. Louis Turnverein Library, St. Louis Diocesan Library, Li- 
brary of St. John's Circle, and the libraries of the Young Men's 
Sodality, Young Ladies' Sodality, Young Men's Christian Asso- 
ciation, and others. 



64 COMMERCIAL AND 



CEMETERIES, 



There are a number of these quiet cities of the dead lying a 
short distance from St. Louis, whose improvements with regard 
to landscape architecture is very fine, and they contain many 
monumental pieces of architecture of splendid design. They 
are accessible by street cars, and will well repay a visit. 

Bellefoxtaine Cemetery. — This beautiful place of burial 
contains nearly 350 acres of ground, and has many charming 
drives. This is one of the most beautiful places in the city to 
visit. It is in the extreme northern part, on a high bluff over- 
looking the river, and commands unusually fine views. This is 
the finest cemetery in the West. Many of the monuments are 
works of art, and cost many thousands of dollars. The gates 
are open from sunrise to sunset. Tickets of admission are re- 
quired, and can always be obtained without charge at the Secre- 
tary's office, 302 North Fourth street. 

Calvary Cemetery is directly north of Belief ontaine, and is 
the chief burying ground of the Catholic Church. The grounds 
have the same general formation as Belief ontaine, contain 225 
acres, overlooking the Mississippi river, and contains many hand- 
some monuments. Visitors are allowed to enter the grounds at 
all times. 

Oak Hill Cemetery. — The development of the suburbs of 
St. Louis, and the rapid increase of population, created the needs 
out of which arose the Oak Hill Cemetery, and an association 
was incorporated May 18, 1868, and fifty-three acres of land in 
East Kirkwood purchased, to which, in May, 1879, the Oak Hill 
Cemetery Association succeeded. By this association large 
amounts have been expended for improvements, and the Board 
of Trustees have now the satisfaction of recommending to the 
favor of the public a cemetery second only to the Bellefontaine in 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 65 

importance and picturesque beauties. Its location is admirable. 
Situated on a high elevation, between Kirkwood and Webster, it 
commands a landscape of surpassing beauty, and is easily acces- 
sible by both the Missouri Pacific and San Francisco railroads, 
as well as by the suburban highways. The grounds have been 
surveyed and laid out after the best and most modern tastes, and 
the beautiful natural groves covering the tract disposed for the 
highest adornment. Many beautiful monuments have already 
been erected, and lots already purchased have been tastefully im- 
proved by the owners. All deeds given are in fee simple, con- 
veying an absolute title, subject only to the rules and regulations 
of the Cemetery Association. 

It is the ambition of the Board of Trustees to make this 
" silent city" a pride to all those who are interested in it, and 
indeed equally a pride to the city and county of St. Louis at 
large. It is also their hope that all those who affectionately re- 
gard the memory of the departed will lend a willing hand to de- 
velop an enterprise which has been instituted for the general 
good and without motives of personal profit. 

A number of lots still remain, which can be purchased at rea- 
sonable prices. 

The officers and Board of Trustees, May 1st, 1886, are : Presi- 
dent, A. S. Mermod ; Vice-President, Charles E. Pearce ; Sec- 
retary and Treasurer, Nathan D. Allen ; Superintendent, Philip 
O. Tearle ; additional Trustees, Augustus Pullis, Wm. E. Plant. 
Office, room 9, McLean Building, Fourth and Market streets. 

The National Cemetery, lying on the south of and adjoin- 
ing Jefferson Barracks, contains the graves of the dead of the 
war of '61-5. It is beautifully laid out, well kept, and on Deco- 
ration Day is visited by thousands. Reached by Iron Mountain 
Railroad. 

Besides these, there are about 28 others belonging to the dif- 
ferent religious and benevolent organizations. 

Cemetery Work. — R. L. Rosebrough Sons' Marble and 
Granite Works, 1926 to 1932 Olive street. These works were 
establiihed in St. Louis thirty-two years ago, and from the 

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excellence of the work they have done have risen to a promi- 
nence in their line not excelled by any house in the West. 
They keep constantly employed a large force of skilled work- 
men, and, as they have enough for them to do all the time, are 
enabled to keep on their force superior talent that can not be 
commanded by those who do a smaller business. They will 
either furnish designs to those desiring them or execute work 




Cemetery Work a Specialty 



from designs furnished them, always in a superior manner. In 
their warerooms can be seen at all times beautiful specimens of 
mortuary work, and they invite a call from those interested at 
any time. They have recently erected in Bellefontaine Calvary 
Cemeteries some very artistic monuments which are a credit to 
their skill. Those who are about to have some mortuary work 
done will do well to call on them as they are satisfied that there 
is no house in their line East or West that can give better satis- 
faction. 



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EDUCATIONAL. 



The facilities for acquiring a good education in St. Louis are 
unsurpassed. Our public school system has attained so near 
perfection that it is quoted as a model, even in those Eastern 
cities which claim to lead in the culture and refinement of their 
people. The "kindergarten," that wonderful system of train- 
ing for children of tender years, accomplished its first success 
here, and from St. Louis has spread to all the larger cities of the 
Union. 

There are 106 public schools in the city, all handsomely housed 
in buildings specially erected, and containing the latest improve- 
ments known to educators. There are also 80 parochial schools, 
belonging to various religious denominations. 

In all of the above an education may be obtained absolutely 
free, or at a merely nominal cost; tuition, and even the neces- 
sary books and stationery being supplied to those too poor to 
pay. The city has thirty-two colleges, universities, high schools 
and academies, besides many well-conducted select private 
schools. It is the seat of the oldest and most famous university 
in the West, appropriately called the St. Louis University, 
founded more than half a century ago, and the alma mater of 
many of the most distinguished Americans of this generation. 

The Washington University has also done much to make St. 
Louis famous, while the College of the Christian Brothers boasts 
an alumni of which any institution of learning in the world 
might be proud. 

The Manual Training and Normal schools have graduated 
numerous pupils who have become celebrated in the mechanical 
arts and the arduous profession of teaching. 

In colleges, seminaries and academies for girls and young 



68 COMMERCIAL AND 

ladies, St. Louis has no rival, and the fairest and most accom- 
plished maids and matrons of the great West and our sister re- 
public of Mexico have obtained their education in them. 

Successful schools for the blind and the deaf and dumb are 
also located here, and are notably distinguished among institu- 
tions of the kind. 

Fourteen libraries, a magnificent art museum, a school of bot- 
any with the advantage of the most complete botanical gardens 
on this continent, numerous medical colleges, and other institu- 
tions for the advancement of the human race in all walks of 
knowledge, attest and proclaim that as an educational center St. 
Louis takes proud rank among the cities of the world which best 
illustrate the enlightenment of the 19th century. 

MALE. 

St. Louis University was founded in 1829, and received its 
charter in 1834. The site of the institution, till June, 1888, was 
on Ninth street and Washington avenue. The new buildings 
here represented have been erected on a block of ground bounded 
by Grand, Lindell and Baker avenues. The Grand avenue front 
is 446 feet by a depth of 360 feet. The corner of Grand and 
Lindell avenues was reserved for a church. This edifice, begun 
in 1883, is not yet completed, although services have been held 
in the basement since November 1, 1884. 

The University building proper has its principal facade on 
Grand avenue. There are two entrances, one for the faculty and 
visitors, another for the students. The latter is the extreme left, 
the former marked by portico. The main entrance gives admis- 
sion to the parlors and reception room, in the rear of which are 
chapel, library, dining hall and the private apartments of the fac- 
ulty. This department extends westward to the full depth of the 
lot. The students' entrance is connected with their study hall, 
class rooms, recitation hall, etc. 

The Library, represented in cut, is over two stories in height, 
and has an open quadrangle covered by a glass roof, The apart- 
ment is accessible from the second and third floors of the resi- 



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dence. It has three wide galleries connected by spiral iron 
staircases, and its dimensions are 79x50 feet by 67 feet in height. 

The Museum is one immense hall without columns, covered 
by an open polished timber roof, its size being 98x58 feet and 
52i feet in height. 

Beneath the chapel is a lecture room with a seating capacity 
for 300 persons, and is easily accessible from Grand avenue. 
For light and ventilation the building cannot be surpassed. The 
style of architecture is the early decorated English Gothic. Mr. 





Academy Christian Brothers. 

Thomas Walsh, of St. Louis, was the architect and superintend- 
ent. 

The institution is under the management of the Jesuit Fathers, 
and the course of study is complete and thorough. The classical 
course extends over seven years. Besides mental philosophy and 
the ancient and modern classics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, 
surveying, and all the branches of mathematics are included in 
this course. An ample laboratory is provided in the basement 
for the students of chemistry. The principles of the natural 
sciences are illustrated with experiments, for which a large col- 
lection of instruments are at the disposal of the professors of 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 71 

science. The museum contains numerous specimens of ores to 
assist the student of geology. A telescope, which was in use at 
the former site, will be mounted as soon as practicable. 

Since 1881 the institution receives only day scholars. Students 
coming from a distance must provide their own quarters in the 
city. 

The Christian Brothers' College is an institution of 
which St. Louisans are justly proud. Established some forty 
years ago, its worth is best appreciated in the men it has sent 
forth ; men who fill places of honor in all walks, whether among 
the professions or in the counting houses, thus testifying to the 
completeness and solidity of the training given its students. For 
beauty and aptness for its purposes as a grand educational estab- 
lishment, the situation, buildings, extensive grounds, lawns and 
campus, render the college unsurpassed. The motto of the in- 
stitution, Religio Mores-Cultura, conveys the idea of the per- 
fection to which the great body of educators — the Christian 
Brothers — bring their methods. The curriculum covers Classi- 
cal, Literary ', Scientific, Commercial and Preparatory courses. 
The studies will be resumed on September 2d. 

FEMALE. 

St. Louis Seminary. — This is a private select school, of high 
grade, for young ladies, situated at Woodland, near Jennings 
Station, on a commanding summit, overlooking the city of St. 
Louis. The location is remarkable for its beauty, its healthful- 
ness and its removal from all distracting influences. The prox- 
imity of the Seminary to the city (forty minutes' ride from Wood- 
land Seminary Station to Vine street, St. Louis,) secures to the 
young ladies all the advantages afforded by St. Louis: libraries, 
lectures, art galleries, concerts; and yet it is surrounded by all 
the quiet seclusion and healthfulness of a beautiful rural neigh- 
borhood. 

The elegant and well arranged edifice stands in the midst of a 
beautiful shady lawn of six acres, the entire grounds comprising 
twenty-six acres. 



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ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 7.) 

A new study hall has been added, with complete arrangements 
for heating and ventilation, securing to the pupils every possible 
means of protection to health. Each lady is provided with a 
single desk, and in all respects favorably situated for study and 
comfort. The property is worth $(30,000, and nothing has been 
withheld to render it a safe and attractive home to the young 
ladies. 

For further particulars address B. T. Blewett, LL.D., Princi- 
pal, Jennings, Mo. 

The Ursuline Academy, one of the most successful schools 
for young ladies in the West, it is situated at the corner of 
Twelfth street and Russell avenue. It is renowned throughout 
the country as the Ursuline Academy. It occupies a large, 
spacious and beautiful building on a high and healthful site. 
The curriculum is thorough, and the hundreds of young ladies 
who have graduated from its halls have left a lasting influence 
for good wherever they have gone — thanks to the impress left 
upon their lives by their Alma Mater. Music and painting are 
taught in all their branches ; and nothing is left undone that will 
qualify the pupil to move in the most cultured of social spheres. 
Lessons are given in sewing, knitting and embroidery, for the 
faculty of the academy believe that the education of a student 
should unite the useful and ornamental in a common bond. 
Many an alumni of this school has won distinction as a pianist, 
who can make her own gown as deftly as any dress maker in 
the city : can paint a picture or knit a stocking with surprising 
skill ; thus showing the capability of taking care of herself, no 
matter whether fortune may smile or frown upon her in after 
years. The Ursuline Academy has been an object of St. Louis 
pride for the last forty years or more, and the older it becomes 
the firmer hold it takes upon the hearts of our people. Address 
the Mother Superior of Ursuline Academy, corner Twelfth 
street and Russel avenue, for prospectus and further information. 

The Educational Institute, Nos. 900 to 912 South Ninth 
street, is the leading English-German school in the West. Mr. 



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J. Toensfeldt. a thorough educationalist, is its Principal. It 
gives its pupils an opportunity to acquire the knowledge of at 
least two modern languages, instructs by intuition and not by 
text books ; gives great care to physical education, and has a 
manual training department and commercial branch. Forty 
boarders can find places in the house of the Director. Course 
opens September 8th. Full particulars in regard to the methods 
of teaching, etc., can be obtained at the school, or by catalogue. 




MEDICAL. 

Beaumont Hospital Medical College. — This college is 
situated on the corner of Jefferson avenue and Pine street, and 
has been recently erected in the most substantial manner, with 
all the modern appliances for the prosecution of medical science. 

It has three amphitheatres, which are so arranged that all op- 
erations that occur within them can be advantageously seen by 
each member of the class. The bacteriological, histological, 
chemical, physiological and anatomical departments are furnished 
with all modern appliances and apparatus ; for in the line of ex- 
perimental work this college will compete with any institution on 
the Western Continent. The policy of this institution for the 



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present will be to enforce strict adherence to a bona fide two 
years' term, of seven months each, until at such time as all of 
the regular colleges shall unanimously agree to adopt and sustain 
a complete three years' course. 

A higher standard of medical education is unequivocally and 
emphatically endorsed and upheld by this college, and all stu- 
dents are urged to avail themselves of the benefit of a three-term 




Beaumont College. 

course of study. To enable the student to act in harmony with 
this advice, this institution offers to him now, as in the past, the 
lectures of the third year gratis. All students taking a third 
year's course will be graded, and examinations for such students 
will be held at the expiration of each year's grade: those stu- 
dents successfully passing the examinations will be advanced to 
the next grade in regular order. 

Instruction in the elementary branches, anatomy, histology, 
materia medica and chemistry, will occupy a large portion of the 



76 COMMERCIAL AND 

time during the early weeks of the session, so that it is quite im- 
portant that students should enter promptly at the opening of the 
term. 

In addition to the appointments to the City Hospital, there 
will be open to the graduates of this college positions at the Mis- 
souri Pacific Railroad Hospital, St. Mary's and Alexian Broth- 
ers' Hospitals. 

For full particulars, address the Dean. 

The St. Louis Medical College begins September 22, 
1891, its fiftieth annual session. Twelve years ago, in spite of 
the certainty of having classes of a hundred or more diminish to 
a mere handful of students, in spite of the knowledge that in- 
stead of the college being a means of income it would be a 
financial burden, an obligatory term of study embracing three 
annual sessions was adopted. The faculty being convinced of 
the utility and wisdom of this pioneer departure in favor of a 
high-grade medical education in Missouri, by their graduates 
winning 80 per cent of positions open to competitive examina- 
tions, made an additional advanced step, by increasing, in 1888, 
the annual term from five to eight months' duration. This in- 
crease in time enables the student to do practical work under 
skilled direction, in well-equipped laboratories devoted to Chem- 
istry, normal and pathological Histology, Bacteriology and 
Physiology ; and also in the use of instruments of precision, as 
the Ophthalmoscope, Laryngoscope, etc. The course is a 
graded one, and examinations are held at the close of each ses- 
sion, so that the work of three years does not fall on the appli- 
cant for graduation en masse at the close of his career as a 
student. During the past year the St. Louis Medical College 
has been made the medical department of Washington Univer- 
sity, and students desiring to pursue a course of study in kindred 
sciences can find adequate instruction in this well known insti- 
tution. 

Negotiations have been about completed for the purchase of 
a large corner lot in the near proximity of the University, and a 



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building will be erected that will be complete in all modern de- 
tails of ventilation, methods of heating, etc., while special 
attention will be given to the conveniences and lighting of the 
various laboratories and lecture-rooms. 

The officers of the College are: Dr. H. H. Mudd, Dean, 
No. 2604 Locust street, and Dr. E. M. Sensenev, Secretary, No. 
2829 Washington avenue. 






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The St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons, 

The St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons. — 
This well known institution is now in its thirteenth year, and its 
continued success has given it a world-wide reputation. Its 



78 COMMERCIAL AND 

honorary degree is inscribed after the author's name in more 
than one European text-book, and its alumni are in every State 
in the Union. 

The register of matriculants has for several years increased 
twenth-five per cent, each year — last winter being 192 — and 
already (in June, 1891). a greater number of applications for 
scholarships have been accepted than ever before. 

The new college building is located on Jefferson and Gamble 
avenues, where good boarding is easily obtainable, and well 
situated to secure clinical material. For the advantages offered, 
we believe the fees at this college are lower than at any other 
college in the United States. The regular lecture course costs 
but $50, and there are few extras. The faculty is composed of 
Profs. Close, Cole, Bauer, Barnes, Bernays, Bauduy, Detmar, 
Erhardt, Henske, Porter, Possart, Powers and Dr. Crosswhite, 
Demonstrator of Anatomy. In addition there is a large corps of 
chemical assistants and demonstrators. Dr. A. S. Barnes is the 
Dean, to whom all communications should be addressed. 

COMMERCIAL. 

Jones' Commercial College. — In this country, when an 
institution has been in existence for over 50 years, we are pretty 
sure to think that it is a substantial one, and that it has merit to 
back it. Such is the case of the school called "Jones' Com- 
mercial College." 

Mr. Jonathan Jones founded his commercial college away back 
in the 40's, and for all these years it has held the highest place 
among the educational institutions of this city. The course of 
instruction in this college is confined entirely to the practi- 
cal branches of education that go to make up a complete busi- 
ness man or woman. Every detail of accounts, correspondence 
and general business management that can possibly occur in the 
extensive commercial, manufacturing or banking operations is 
here taught, principles being first thoroughly instilled, and then 
the practical application of the principles is made through the 



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medium of complete sets of account books. All the principles 
and practice of telegraphy and short-hand are special features of 
the now practical education, and at the Jones Commercial Col- 
lege receive most careful attention. This old educational estab- 
lishment has for 20 years been under the professorship, and for 
seven years under the proprietorship of J. G. Bohmer, and its 




Jones' Commercial College. 

management conducted by him. Air. Bohmer is not only 
thoroughly posted in the matter of educating, having that wonder- 
ful facility of imparting to others what he knows, but he has 
special business and moral qualifications for the task imposed on 
him, so that parents sending children from a distance can rely on 
his seeing that they do not get led estray. The various depart- 
ments of the college have been fitted up with every comfort 
for the students, and every educational appliance is provided. 



80 COMMERCIAL AND 

The structure, fronting on two streets, has the advantage of a 
Hood of light in every department, as will be seen by the accom- 
panying cut. 

Send for catalogue containing full particulars. 

MUSICAL. 

The Beethoven Musical Conservatory, 1603 Olive street, 
St. Louis, established nineteen years ago, has created a demand 
for a higher standard of musical taste and knowledge in our 
community, and is now recognized as one of the most completely 
organized and prosperous institutions in the United States. 

The best evidence of the excellence of the methods of instruc- 
tion taught in the conservatory is the rapid advance of the numer- 
ous pupils, who have made greater progress under its teachings 
than during many years before under the ordinary methods. 
Many of its pupils have successfully appeared in public concerts, 
on the operatic stage, and occupy fine positions in church choirs, 
as piano teachers, and in orchestras all over the country. This 
is the result of careful and efficient teaching, and because the 
teachers employed at the Conservatory are among the first in 
their profession. The concerts and public examinations of the 
Conservatory during each successive season are ample proof of 
this ; the scholars, year after year, executed works with a clear- 
ness of conception and technical finish which satisfied the highest 
expectation of a critical audience. 

The Faculty: Mr. A. Waldauer, violin department; Mr. M. 
I. Epstein, piano department ; Madame Isidora E. Clarke, vocal 
department; Mr. Herman I. Epstein, piano department ; Miss 
Lillie McEwing, piano department ; Miss Selma Krauss, piano 
department; Miss B. Mahan, organ department; Mrs. F. E. 
Grant, harp department ; Mr. L. Mayer, violincello ; Mr. M. I. 
Epstein, harmony and composition; Mr. E. Buechel, flute; Mr. 
L. Brim, clarionet ; Mr. H. I. Epstein, harmony and composi- 
tion. 

For full particulars address the proprietors, Waldauer & Ep- 
stein, as above. 



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82 commercial and 

Hayward Short-Hand, Type-Writing and Commercial 
College. — To those who have not the time to spare for classi- 
cal education, or those whose education has not fitted them for 
the work of a counting room, commercial schools offer special 
inducements. Mr. Charles J. Hayward, who is the proprietor 
of this college, has an unsurpassed reputation. He is a graduate 
of Dartmouth College, where he took the degree of A. M. 
He was a teacher East for ten years previous to his connection 
with this school, which was then in charge of Mr. Martin, upon 
w T hose death he became the proprietor. Its course is book- 
keeping, business arithmetic, writing, commercial law, corre- 
spondence, grammar, spelling, short-hand and type-writing. 
The course is thorough, and there are over 400 scholars attend- 
ing each year. Its graduates are now filling important positions 
in counting rooms throughout the land, which shows conclusively 
the value of their training. 

Owing to the unprecedented success of his school he has been 
obliged to seek larger quarters and has now located himself at 
Nos. 702, 704 and 706 Olive street. 

The building is new, there is plenty of light and air, and he 
has fitted it up with all the modern requirements of a first-class 
Commercial College. For further information address as above. 





Foundation furnished by Grafton Quarry Co. 

The National Bank of Commerce. 

Capital, f3,000,000. Surplus and profits, .?G00,000. 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 



BANKING AND FINANCE. 



St. Louis has reason to be proud of her position in the 
financial world. In strength, solidity and careful, yet enterprising 
management, her banks and financial institutions have a record 
almost unequalled and certainly unsurpassed by those of any 
city in the United States. She has now twenty-five banks, all 
St. Louis institutions, owned and controlled by her own citizens, 
and conducted on the soundest financial principles. Many of 
them have been in existence for years, and have passed unscathed 
through panics that have destroyed and ruined much more 
pretentious corporations in other great cities. 

In banking and finance, as in commerce and manufactures, 
her progress has been steady and is constantly improving. 
During the past year this has been especially noticeable. Sev- 
eral new banks have been established, and the capital stock of 
some of the old ones largely augmented. The clearing house 
reports for 1890 show an increase of 13.38 per cent over 1889, 
and the combined capital of the banks and purely financial cor- 
porations of the city, as per the annual statement of the Secre- 
tary of the Merchants' Exchange, is $26,637,401. This is cer- 
tainly a handsome showing and a substantial evidence of re- 
markable prosperity. That this fact is well appreciated in the 
world of finance, is proved by the disposition, almost amounting 
to anxiety, of outside and foreign capitalists to invest their 
money in St. Louis. In banking, commercial, manufacturing, 
real estate and other interests, abundant capital from all parts of 
the United States and Europe eagerly seeks entrance here. 
The consequence is, the financial strength of the city, than 
which nothing more absolutely denotes prosperity, is thoroughly 
established and universally known. The result, and one which 



84 COMMERCIAL AND 

no other western city can present, is, that St. Louis Banks and 
Financial Institutions are in a condition to and actually do loan 
more money to parties outside of her limits than any other city 
in the country except New York. 

It is but a question of time, and if things progress for the 
future as they have done in the past, only a short time, when St. 
Louis will be the financial center of the United States as she is 
now of the Great West. 

This may seem a rather strong, and to Eastern men an im- 
probable statement, but an intelligent and unprejudiced investi- 
gation of the facts will corroborate it. Never was the "manifest 
destiny" of St. Louis more apparant ; never so certainly within 
reach as in this year of 1891. 

To the bankers and financiers of the city and their methods 
this propitious state of affairs is almost entirely due, and to them 
the merit should be accorded. 

Boatmen's Bank, St. Louis; capital, $2,000,000 ; surplus, 
$300,000. Original charter, without capital, "saving bank" 
plan: Bank owned by "original six months depositors," 1847; 
second charter — capital, $400,000, 1856 ; present charter — 
capital, $2,000,000; result of accumulations after paying 
to stockholders $1,100,000, 1873. Rufus J. Lackland, Pres : - 
dent ; George S. Drake, Vice-President ; William H. Thomson, 
Cashier; W. A. Clendenin, Assistant Cashier. Directors — 
Samuel Cupples, President Samuel Cupples Woodenware Co. ; 
Carlos S. Greeley, President Greeley-Burnham Grocer Co. ; 
Wm. A. Hargadine, Vice-President and Treasurer Hargadine- 
McKittrick Dry Goods Co. ; Jerome Hill, Hill, Fontaine & Co. ; 
William L. Huse, President Huse & Loomis Ice and Transpor- 
tation Co. ; George E. Leighton, President Bridge & Beach 
Manufacturing Co. ; Edward C. Simmons, President Simmons 
Hardware Co. ; Edward Whitaker, Whitaker & Hodgman ; 
Rufus J. Lackland, George S. Drake, Wm. H. Thomson. 

Accounts solicited, offering every accomodation and facil- 
ity consistent with legitimate and safe banking. Interest paid 
on time deposits only. 



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For nearly fifty years this institution has breasted every 
financial panic, and to-day is one of the reliable banks of the 
country. The names of the gentlemen who manage its affairs 




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Boatmen's Bank. 
Capital, $2,000,000. Surplus, $300,000. 

are given above ; they represent the financial wealth of the city, 
and it would be gilding gold to puff an institution that they had 
anything to do with. 



86 COMMERCIAL AND 

Chemical National Bank — Sixth and Locust : capital, $500,- 
000. This bank, organized with a paid-up capital of $500,000, 
will occupy the new Oriel building on the southeast corner of 
Locust and Sixth streets* The president of the bank is Mr. J. C. 
Richardson, well known in the West as one of our most ener- 
getic merchants, having long been connected with the largest 
drug house in the West — the Richardson Drug Co. Since their 
destructive fire, when the concern went out of business, he has 
been prominently connected with other business ventures which, 
like the former, has been phenomenally successful. The vice- 
president, Mr. Francis Kuhn, is prominently known in business 
circles as one of the proprietors of the Anthony & Kuhn brewing 
establishment. The cashier is Mr. C. S. Warner, who was for 
twenty years with the Mechanics' Bank, which he left to secure a 
more lucrative position with the Bank of Hannibal, which he has 
resigned for the Chemical Bank. There is no doubt but what 
the increasing business of St. Louis demands more banks ; also 
that its officers shall be imbued with the need of our rising firms. 
Such are the men who are at the head of this bank, and it goes 
without saying that the* "Chemical National" will be a success. 

The board of directors, as will be seen by the names below, 
are men who enjov splendid business standing ; their names are : 
J. D Bascom, 704 N. Main street, St. Louis ; J. B. Greensf elder, 
415 Locust street, St. Louis; Major W. S. Pope, Laclede 
Building, St. Louis ; Estill McHenry, room 503 Commercial 
Building, St. Louis; A. O. Rule, 112 N. Eighth street, St. 
Louis; Francis Kuhn, 1221 Sidney street, St. Louis; Martin 
Collins, 105 N. Third street, St. Louis ; F. M. Gillett, 5 Wall 
street, New York ; C. Kilpatrick, care Rutledge & Kilpatrick, 
720 Pine street, St. Louis ; F. A. Bensberg, 208 Walnut street, 
St. Louis; J. D. Winn, care Lambert Pharmacy Co., 314 N. 
Main street, St. Louis; Hamilton Daughaday, care Samuel C. 
Davis & Co., St. Louis; J. C. Richardson, Chemical National 
Bank, St. Louis. 

The National Bank of the Republic of St. Louis. — 
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March, 1890, and since that time, from good management, has 
had a wonderfully successful career. H. C. Hieatt, the presi- 
dent, is from Ft. Worth, Tex. ; E. F. Williams, the vice-presi- 




The National Bank of the Republic. 



Capital, $500,000. 

dent of the ''Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co.;" Jno. Caro Russell, 
cashier, is from Tyrrell, Tex., and Van Runyan is an old St. 
Louis boy who has been brought up to the business. It's no 



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wonder that with such a team that the bank is a success. The 
capital of the bank is $500,000 ; and the directors are well known 
and substantial men. Their names we give below: 

E. F. Williams, Vice-President Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co. ; 
Henry J. Meyer, Vice-President Meyer Bros. Drug Co. ; Henry 
Rhorer, President Provident Chemical Works : J. J. Phillips, 




American Exchange Bank. 



Capital, $500,000. 



Surplus, $295,000. 



Janis, Saunders & Co., Wholesale Dry Goods; J. J. Wert- 
heimer, Shafer, Swarts & Co., Wholesale Boots & Shoes; 
J. J. Sylvester, President Sylvester Coal Co. ; Henry Hiemenz, 
Jr., Real Estate : H. C. Hieatt, President; Jno. Caro Russell, 
cashier. 



American Exchange Bank- 
tal, $500,000; surplus, $295,000. 



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ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 89 

financial institutions, and its growth has surely been phenome- 
nal, as will be seen by the following comparative statement: 

comparative statement. Jan. 1, 1S88. May 1, 1891. 

Loans and Discounts $388,290 74 $1,931,426 05 

Stocks, Bonds and Real Estate 21,01190 1,210 34 

Due from Banks, and Currency on hand. 73,227 59 452,235 48 

Total $182,530 23 $2,384,871 87 

Capital $200,000 00 $500,000 00 

Surplus and Undivided Profits 70,740 71 327,240 69 

Bank Deposits 72190 77,058 03 

Individual Deposits 211,067 62 1.480,573 15 

Total ... $482,530 23 $2,384,871 87 

This large increase of business has been met by increased fa- 
cilities, and there is to-day no institution in our city better 
equipped to transact business than it. 

The officers and directors are : Peter Nicholson, President : 
Alvah Mansur, Vice-President; Walker Hill, Cashier; Ephron 
Catlin, Alonzo C. Church, Geo. W. Updike, F. W. Humphrey, 
J. B. C. Lucas, Sam'l M. Kennard, F. G. Niedringhaus, Daniel 
S. Holmes, John W. Turner, Geo. S. Meyers. 

The Laclede National Bank.— Capital, $1,000,000; 
surplus, $140,000,000. S. E. Hoffman, President; John D. 
Perry, Vice-President; James B. True, Cashier. Directors: 
Charles Clark, John D. Perry, B. F. Hobart, Julius S. Walsh, 
Geo. H. Goddard, Charles A. Cox, D. W. Caruth, L. D. 
Dozier, H. A. Blossom, S. E. Hoffman, Alfred Clifford, Wil- 
liamson Bacon, Wm. H. Lee. 

This bank is located on the corner of Fourth and Olive streets, 
in the Laclede building. With ample capital, is managed with 
a degree of skill surpassed by none ; its quarters are central ; its 
correspondents far reaching ; its officers are fully abreast of the 
times, which accounts for its successful career. 

Third National Bank, 417 Olive street. Capital, 1,000,000. 
Surplus, $200,000. George T. Cram, President ; N. O. Nelson. 
Vice-President; T. A. Stoddard, Cashier, and Jos. B. Shaefer, 
Assistant Cashier. This, one of our oldest monied institutions, 



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has lately, owing to the large increase in the volume of their 
business, completely remodelled their bank, the entrance now 
being on the ground floor. The interior arrangements are a 
marvel of convenience and taste. Their directory numbers in it 
some of our gilt-edged merchants, a list of which we append : 
Directors: Thomas E. Tutt, Capitalist; William T. Wilkins, 




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of Senter & Co., Commission Merchants; C. H. Huttig, 
President Huttig Sash & Door Co. ; Fielding W. Oliver, 
Treasurer Tudor Iron Works ; George T. Cram, President 
American Central Insurance Co. ; Francis H. Ludington, of H. 
& L. Chase, Manufacturers ; Nelson O. Nelson, President N. 
O. Nelson Mfg. Co. ; Archibald E. Mills, of Mills & Averill ? 
Marcus Bernheimer, of Scharff, Bernheimer & Co. With this 
board the future of this bank is assured. 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 91 

The German Savings Institution — Was organized in 1853, 
and has a capital of $250,000, with a surplus of $450,000. It is 
one of the best known of our banks, and as will be seen, 
numbers among its directors some of the most influential busi- 
ness men of our city. They are L. W. Meister, President ; 
John Wahl, Vice-President ; Richard Herpes, Cashier, and H. 
Hunicke, Assistant Cashier. Associated with them are Louis 
Fusz, A. Nedderhut, Chas. L. Orthwein, J. G. Greer, Wm. 
Koenig, Adolphus Boeckeler. 

The National Bank of Commerce. — This, one of the 
leading banks in St. Louis, has had a wonderfully successful 
career. This is no doubt due to its management, which has had 
broad views without trespassing upon safety. Its president, Mr. 
W. H. Thompson, is largely identified with the interests of St. 
Louis, and its cashier, Mr. J. C. VanBlarcom, fully understands 
the requirements of his position. Nathan Cole is the vice-presi- 
dent and John E. Thompson is assistant cashier. With a capital 
of $3,000,000 and a surplus of $600,000, they are prepared to 
give all the accommodations required by their customers. 
The following solid men compose the directory: 
James W. Bell, President Buck's Stove & Range Co. ; C. B. 
Burnham, Vice-President Greeley-BurnhamGrocer Co. ; Nathan 
Cole, President Cole Bros. Commission Co. ; Sam'l M. Dodd, 
President American Brake Co. ; G. J. Plant, President Plant 
Milling Co. ; Chas. D. McLure ; W. H. Thompson, President 
The National Bank of Commerce ; C. C. Rainwater, President 
Rainwater-Boogher Hat Co. ; John Whittaker, of Messrs. Francis 
Whittaker & Sons. 

Another of our financial bulwarks is the Mechanics' Bank, 
established in 1857. Its capital is $600,000, with a surplus of 
over $500,000. Its officers and directors are as follows: 

D. K. Ferguson, President; D. R. Garrison, Vice-President; 
R. R. Hutchinson, Cashier; J. T. Drummond, Wm. Somer- 
ville, E. N. Leeds, Ben. B. Graham, Ezra H. Linley, Chas. H. 
Turner, John N. Booth, James Green. 



92 COMMERCIAL AND 

International Bank of St. Louis. — Organized 1865, 
re-organized 1885. Capital, $200,000; surplus, $50,000. 
August W. Straub, President; J. Sibley White, Vice-President; 
Adolph Herthel, Cashier; F. A. Hehmann. Assistant Cashier. 
Directors: Chas. F. Hermann, Adolph Herthel, John Maguire, 
J. H. Aug. Meyer, Theo. Plate, A. C. Stifel, A. W. Straub, 
C. Th. Uhlmann, J. Sibley White. 

Krauss, Quigley & Co., Bankers, 7129 S. Broadway, St. 
Louis. Established December 26, 1891. This firm, composed 
of John Krauss, W. B. Quigley and W. Frank Street, transacts 
a general banking business. Accounts of firms and individuals 
solicited. Issues and cashes drafts, checks and bills of exchange 
on all the principal cities of Europe and America. Pays interest 
on time deposits. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. 

Collections and business of banks and merchants' drafts on 
customers a specialty, with remittance at lowest rates. 

Securities Department. — Municipal, county, township and 
school bonds ; guaranteed first mortgages on improved farm 
lands, and first mortgages on city property negotiated at lowest 
rates. Titles examined and taxes paid for non-residents. Cor- 
respondence respectfully solicited. W. Frank Street, late 
cashier Western Bank & Trust Co., Sturgis, S. Dakota, 
Cashier. 

Foreign Exchange Department. — We issue our own drafts 
direct in any amount on all the principal cities in the following 
countries, payable in the money of the country on which the 
drafts are drawn : 

Great Britain and Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, France, 
Belgium, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Russia, 
Spain, Portugal, Austria. 

Persons sending money to the old country will find this the 
safest, quickest and cheapest way of transmitting funds. 

The gentlemen owning this bank are well known and perfectly 
reliable, and business entrusted to their care will be promptly 
attended to. 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 93 

TRUST COMPANIES. 

St. Louis Trust Company — Thos. II. West, President; 
John T. Davis, First Vice-President; John A. Seudder, Second 
Vice-President; A. C. Stewart, Secretary and Counsel. 
Directors: John T. Davis, Daniel Catlin, Samuel W. Fordyce, 
August Gehner, Henry C. Haarstick, Wm. L. Huse, Chas. D. 
McLure, Alvah Mansur, Edward S. Rowse, John A. Seudder, 
Edward C. Simmons, Edwin O. Stanard, J. C. Van Blarcom, 
Thos. H. West, Edwards Whitaker. 

Title Department— On November 1st, 1890, this company was 
the strongest financial institution west of the Mississippi ; it 
purchased the abstract books and title records of the Sterling & 
Webster Company, and thus became the sole owners of all the 
books of that company and also those of J. G. McClelland and 
H. W. Williams, whose records and business had hereto- 
fore been purchased by Sterling & Webster. The Title De- 
partment contains a complete record of every instrument of 
writing from our earliest history in America in any wise affect- 
ing lands in St. Louis city and county, with plats of every lot, 
tract or subdivision of land therein, together with a record of 
every judgment ever rendered in our courts affecting such titles, 
and a full record of all the proceedings had in the settlement of 
any estate. In addition to all this the Title Department of the 
St. Louis Trust Company has a vast amount of valuable infor- 
mation collected within the last thirty years which can be ob- 
tained from no other source. The difficulty heretofore has been 
that men had to wait a week or more to obtain a certificate or 
abstract, and this of itself has retarded sales and diminished 
business. This department is now thoroughly under control, 
and its system is so complete and perfect that work can be done 
within from twelve to twenty-four hours, and even in less time 
when occasion demands it. With these facilities, and with the 
best legal advice obtainable, there is no reason why the Title 
Department of the St. Louis Tru^t Company should not receive 
the generous support it deserves. This department has intro- 
duced a new feature ; they can guarantee a title absolutely. 



94 COMMERCIAL AND 

This guaranty, supported as it is by the great wealth of the Trust 
Company, is in itself an instrument of title equal in value to the 
property itself. Heretofore nothing could be obtained in St. 
Louis but an abstract or a certificate. The departure will be 
warmly welcomed in St. Louis and must prove very successful 
and serviceable. An abstract, a certificate or a guaranty stands 
upon the same footing as a warranty ; if the warrantor be not 
financially responsible of what value is it? You can obtain 
your judgment, but how can you collect it? The St. Louis 
Trust Company's directors are amongst the most influential, 
wealthy and enterprising in St. Louis. Their successful career 
is a part of the best history of the city and its most certain in- 
dication of future advancement. The Title Department is at 615 
Chestnut street, in large commodious quarters, and is in charge 
of Mr. H. Y. Sherwood, the general manager. 

The Mississippi Valley Trust Co., 303 N. Fourth street. 
This is a St. Louis institution, officered, managed and directed 
by St. Louis men, and organized and incorporated under the 
laws of Missouri, and has on deposit with a State officer $200, 
000 to protect its trust* liabilities. It has a capital of $1,500,000. 
It has a trust, savings and safety deposit department, each 
independent of the other, but under the same management 
and control. The trust department acts as executor, adminis- 
trator, guardian, curator, assignee, receiver, depository of money 
in court, trustee under wills, deeds of trust and mortgages, buys 
and sells securities, etc., becomes surety on bonds, invests 
money, collects incomes, acts as custodian of wills and receives 
papers to be held in escrow. 

The savings department receives deposits of $1 and upwards, 
and pays 4 per cent, per annum on all sums on deposit on the 
first days of June and December which have been on deposit 
for thirty days or more. 

The money deposit department receives deposits subject to 
check, issues demand and time certificates of deposit at special 
rates of interest. Pays interest on money in escrow and trust 
funds. Makes loans on real estate and collateral. The safety 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 95 

deposit department is thoroughly fire and burglar proof; all mod- 
ern conveniences and appliances. Receives valuable papers on 
special guarantee. Room exclusively for ladies, and also for 
committees, trustees and officers. 

All business confidential. For full particulars call at office. 
The officers of the company for 1891 are Julius S. Walsh, Presi- 
dent ; J. D. Perry, First Vice-President; John Scullin, Second 
Vice-President ; Breckenridge Jones, Secretary. 

The following are the directors for 1891 : 

Thos. T. Turner, Wm. F. Nolker, Thos. O'Reilly, M. D., 
Charles Clark, S. W. Cobb, Aug. B. Ewing, S. R. Francis, L. 
G. McNair, Joel Wood, John D. Perry, John Scullin, William- 
son Bacon, B. F. Hammett, S. E. Hoffman, D. W. Caruth, 
Chas. H. Bailey, F. W. Paramore. George H. Goddard, James 
Campbell, John W. Kauffman, Julius S. Walsh. 

The Mercantile Agency — R. G. Dun & Co., proprietors. 
This agency, the operations and reputation of which are world- 
wide, was founded in 1841 by Judge Lewis Tappan in the city 
of New York. Since that time it has been carried on uninter- 
ruptedly by his successors in the United States and Europe under 
the styles of Lewis Tappan & Co., Tappan & Douglas, B. 
Douglas & Co., Dun, Boyd & Co., Dun, Barlow & Co., and R. 
G. Dun & Co., and in Canada as Dun, Wiman & Co. It has 
never been incorporated, and the only changes that have occurred 
in the firm have been caused by death or retirement of partners. 
The purpose of the agency is to furnish to its subscribers, for 
business purposes, information as to the standing of merchants, 
manufacturers, bankers, etc., and the agency expends millions 
annually in the effort to gather its vast stores of information, and 
to make its reports accurate. The St. Louis branch of the 
agency is located in Gay's Central Building, corner of Pine and 
Third streets, occupying the entire second floor and a large part 
of the seventh Moor of that immense structure. It is under the 
management of Mr. C. B. Smith, and has a force of seventy-five 
employes ; and in addition to its other facilities has a private 
printing and publishing department. The St. Louis branch, 



96 COMMERCIAL AND 

like all others maintained by this company, has a well-appointed 
collection department attached to it. 

BANK ENGRAVING. 

Among the many large enterprises of St. Louis none are 
pointed to with a greater degree of pride than the plant of the 
St. Louis Bank Note Company. This company began business 
in St. Louis in the year 1870, and commenced educating the 
people of the West to a higher standard of artistic work than 
they had ever before known. Like all great enterprises the 
beginning was naturally small, and it took time, energy and 
enterprise, combined with the finest talent, before the people of 
the West could be convinced that here in St. Louis they could 
obtain all kinds of high classed steel plate work, executed with 
a degree of excellence equal to any accomplished by the national 
government or by any bank note company in Europe or 
America. This company is now known from the Atlantic to 
the Pacific, and their work has established such a reputation that 
to-day they stand among the leaders of artistic steel plate work 
in the United States. During the last few years thousands of 
dollars have been spent in procuring the most eminent artists to 
be had in Europe or America, and in having, built the best 
machinery for the execution of fine work. In proof of this 
assertion we would call particular attention to the insert of E. 
H. Taylor, Jr. & Sons, Distillers of Frankfort, Ky., opposite 
page, the design and execution of which will inevitably appeal 
to all lovers of artistic work. 

They make a specialty of engraving and printing bonds, stock 
certificates, bank drafts and all documents requiring security, 
and execute same with every safeguard against counterfitting. 

This company has also a fine lithographic plant, and this 
branch of the business receives the same careful attention as 
their steel plate work. Their long experience, together with a 
large variety of stock vignettes, suitable to almost every pur- 
pose, enables them to furnish lithographic work of the finest 
character, both as to design and execution. 



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The office of the company is 38 Laclede Building, where we 
would recommend all desiring line work to call and examine 
their samples of railroad, State, county, city and corporation 
bonds, certificates of stock, bank stationery, commercial forms, 
etc., and be convinced that in the St. Louis Bank Note Company 
St. Louis has an institution of which she is justly proud. 




98 COMMERCIAL AND 



THE MERCHANTS 1 EXCHANGE 



Or Board of Trade of St. Louis, as at present constituted, was 
organized in 1862, and for a time was known as the Union Mer- 
chants' Exchange, to distinguish it from the "Chamber of Com- 
merce." The original officers were: Henry J. Moore, Presi- 
dent; Carlos S. Greeley, Vice-President, and Clinton B. Fisk, 
Secretary and Treasurer. In 1863-4 J. H. Alexander was 
elected secretary and treasurer. He was succeeded in 1865 by 
the present incumbent, Geo. H. Morgan, who has held the office 
continuously ever since, discharging its duties with signal ability 
and a conscientious faithfulness that have made his name and 
work known wherever the Commerce of the United States ex- 
tends. 

The president of the Exchange for 1891 is Marcus Bern- 
heimer, whose fitness for this important position was so univer- 
sally recognized by. his fellow merchants that he was elected 
without opposition. 

Mr. Bernheimer came to St. Louis in 1875, and embarked in 
business with Mr. Scharff, under the firm name of Scharff cY. 
Bernheimer, a concern that has had an unprecedented run of 
business. On January 8, 1879, Mr. Bernheimer led to the altar 
Miss Ella Hayman, of Philadelphia. Notwithstanding Mr. 
Bernheimer's large commercial interests, he has still found time 
to devote considerable attention to charitable and other public 
objects. He founded and is still president of the Associated 
Hebrew Charities of the United States, and was for eight years 
president of the Hebrew Relief Association of this city, being 
still one of the board of directors. He is also treasurer of the 
Martha Parsons Free Hospital for Children : a director of the 
Children's Fresh-Air Mission ; a director of the Cleveland Or- 
phan Asylum, at Cleveland. O. ; a director of the Third Na- 
tional Bank of this city : was the founder and leader of the East 



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End Improvement Association, which has accomplished so much 
for that important business quarter; is president of the Sunset 
Hill Electric Light, Water and Power Company, which is about 
to establish a comprehensive system of electric lights and water 
works in the western suburbs of St. Louis. 

To her Board of 
Trade, and the 
representative men 
composing it, St. 
Louis owes her 
proud place among 
the great cities of 
the world. Their 
active, patriotic and 
intelligent devotion 
has done more for 
her than all other in- 
fluences combined. 
They have labored 
for and advanced 
her interests not 
only commercially, 
but in every other 
material way, and 
have gained her a 
world-wide reputa- 
tion for charity, 
liberality and phil- 
anthrophy. They 
have been foremost 
in every movement for her welfare and, in brief, compose a 
body of representative business men and public-spirited citizens, 
who have always performed their whole duty to St. Louis and 
the community. So firmly is the reputation of the Board of 
Trade established, that it has the full confidence of the people 
of all classes, who in all cases of emergency of whatever kind 



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100 COMMERCIAL AND 

at home look always first to it for advice and appropriate action, 
and when catastrophe or calamity occur to a sister city, no 
appeal is necessary for prompt and substantial assistance. 
Commerce, manufactures, art and science all receive its en- 
couragement and experience its beneficence. On the roster of 
the St. Louis Board of Trade are names of men famous all 
over the world for all the attributes that deserve esteem and 
command success. As a corporate body of live, enterprising 
and pushing business men of the highest ability and strictest 
probity, it has not and never can have a superior. 

The ''annual statement of the Trade and Commerce of St. 
Louis, for the year 1890, reported to the Merchants' Exchange, 
by Geo. H. Morgan, Secretary," is a pamphlet of about 300 
octavo pages, replete with valuable information and valuable sta- 
tistics. It is a work which represents much labor and research, 
nobly performed, and shows in the most positive manner the 
rapid strides toward greatness made by St. Louis under the 
fostering care of the Merchants' Exchange. 

St. Louis United Elevator Co. — Rooms 505, 508, 509, 
510 American Central Insurance Building. This company was 
incorporated July 20, 1889, and was formed by buying all the 
grain elevators in St. Louis, save that of the Missouri Pacific 
Railway elevator at Carondelet, and all in East St. Louis, save 
the Advance elevator, which they secured on the 1st of October 
last. The capital stock of this vast and vigorous corporation is 
$2,465,000, which will be increased in December to $2,685,000. 
The capacity of the combined elevators is 11,000,000 bushels, 
which can readily be increased as occasion may demand. St. 
Louis can now boast the largest elevator syndicate in the world, 
and one that will redound to the benefit of buyers, shippers and 
consumers in a degree that is simply incalculable. Unlike most 
corporations, the St. Louis United Elevator Co. was not 
founded for purposes of gain, but simply to supply the public 
with better rates, facilitate trade, and systematize the business, 
and it is already apparent that these ends are being, in fact we 



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may say have been secured. The company is officered as fol- 
lows : Web. M. Samuel. President; Hugh Rogers, Vice-Presi- 
dent : B. L. Slack, Secretary, and C. A. Cunningham, Assist- 
ant Secretary. These gentlemen are known all through the 
commercial world as practical business citizens, with plenty of 
capital at command to make a triumphant ten-strike of any 
enterprise which they may undertake. And they not only have 
capital, they have pluck, talent and zeal, and possess all the 
characteristics that contribute to success. Other markets may 
boast and brag of being the great grain centers of the world, but 




when it comes right down to facts and figures St. Louis takes 
the pennant in that line, and will hold it, too, against all comers : 
hold it all the more securely, now, that it has the largest, best 
and most systematic elevator system on our planet. 

Dodson-Hils Manufacturing Co. — As this concern is the 
largest of its kind not only in St. Louis but in the United States 
an account of its rise, progress and facilities, will be found of 
more than usual interest. 

The company was established in 1881, and from the start 
acted on one plan — to put on the market better goods than any- 
one else was making. Their efforts were appreciated by the 



102 COMMERCIAL AND 

public, and their trade so increased that in 1886 it was deemed 
advisable to incorporate, which was done. 

The building then occupied proving inadequate, in 1889 they 
moved into the building shown in the illustration, covering about 
one acre, three stories in height, and with unexcelled shipping 
facilities — the Merchants' Terminal running through the works. 

The company put up every variety of pickles called for in the 
market, both English and American style. Their vinegar 
factory, located corner Sixth and Gratiot streets, has a capacity 
of 20,000 barrels per annum. 

Their extensive salting works are located at Canton, Mo., and 
Carlinville, 111. 

Their shelf goods department includes catsups, mustards, 
spices, baking powder, flavoring extracts, blueing, table and 
fruit syrups, honey, cider, etc. These goods are shipped into 
thirty-eight States, exported to South America, and with a con- 
tinually extending trade it is the ambition of the company to 
send their goods to every point for which transportation facili- 
ties can be found, even to the utermost parts of the earth. 

The company employ about 250 hands, with an average 
weekly pay-roll of $2,000. Have twenty traveling men con- 
stantly on the road, and their out-put last year was just a trifle in 
excess of three-quarters of a million dollars. 

In order to familiarize people with their goods they each year 
make a handsome display at the Exposition and Fair. 

The officers of the company are John Dodson, President, and 
Edward Hils, Secretary and Treasurer, and they, with Mar- 
quardt Forster, Jr., and Wm. W. Price, constitute the board of 
directors. 

They are men who have proven their ability by the able man- 
ner in which they have advanced the business interests of this 
company. They are assisted by Mr. Frank C. Meyer, in charge 
of the shelf goods department, Mr. Albert Hils in charge of 
the salting works, and Mr. Armin Zott in charge of pickling 
and vinegar works. 



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Coffee and Spices. — For years St. Louis, as a coffee 
market, has outranked all others in the United States, with the 
exception of that of New York alone. 

It is estimated that this city distributes one-twenty-fifth of the 
entire coffee crop of Brazil, whose annual product is about 
5,000,000 bags. Of late years the trade in roasted coffees, 
owing to the superior facilities of our St. Louis roasters for 
supplying style, grade and quality of roast, is fast supplanting 
that in green coffees. 

The shipments and receipts of coffee at this port for 1890 
show an appreciable and gratifying increase over the preceding 
year. The figures are as follows : 

1889. 1890. 

Receipts 211,780 bags. 222,765 bags. 

Shipments 196,682 " 202,810 " 

A review of the coffee trade of St. Louis, without mention 
of the house of Wm. Schotten Si Co., would be like a perform- 
ance of "Hamlet" with Hamlet left out. The foundation of 
this business was laid in 1846, in a small way, by the father of 
the present proprietors. The demand for their products gradu- 
ally increased and their goods came to be regarded as the 
standard in quality. This continued until with continued 
enlargements of their facilities they stand at the head of their 
line of business in the West. 

They carry a complete assortment of teas, coffees and spices. 
However, their specialty is coffee, of which they handle all 
varieties, green and roasted. Their standard roasted brands 
are always uniform in quality and thoroughly cleansed. 

Their standard brands of ground spices are conceded to be 
the first on the market. 

The tea department is most complete in every detail ; all 
varieties and grades known to the tea trade are always kept in 
stock. 

In addition to their spacious premises at 111 and 113 South 
Second street, the firm has large warehouses at Nos. 7 and 9 
North Second street. Their trade covers the territory tributary 



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to St. Louis. It is steadily increasing each year, keeping pace 
with the growth of the vast territory which it so satisfactorily 
supplies. 

The Central Type Foundry, corner Fourth and Elm 
streets, justly claims to be the largest and best appointed foundry 
in the world. It occupies almost the entire immense building, 
which is fitted with every convenience that can be thought of. 
The Central Type foundry began business about ten years ago 




and has made a specialty of copper alloy metal type, a com- 
pound which is warranted to be by far the lightest and most 
durable of type metals. The immense business of the Central 
extends over the civilized world. They have agencies in all the 
principal cities of Amercia, also agents in England, Germany. 
Australia and the British provinces. The Central has recently 
bought the controlling interest in the Boston Type Foundry, the 
oldest and largest foundry in New England, and with unlimited 
capacity and abundant means will long continue to occupy the 
foremost position among the makers of printers' material. The 



106 COMMERCIAL AND 

officers of the Central Type Foundry are, C. Schraubstadter, 
President; J. A. St. John, Treasurer and Manager. 

Candy Manufacturing. — Among the candy manufacturers 
we note the Wenneker-Morris Candy Company. It has been 
one of the most successful concerns in this line of business that 
ever began the manufacture. The fact that they have eighty-six 
people on their salary list, in their factory alone, who have made 
full day's work every day, and one and one-half day each day 
for the last four months, will satisfy every cool-thinking person 
that the above statement is correct. The business for the ten 
months that they have been in it, up to January 1, has been 
$260,000, which amount is far above that of many others in the 
candy manufacturing business for years. It only demonstrates 
what push, hard work and honest dealings will do. For the 
year of 1891 many surprises are in store prepared by this enter- 
prising firm, and, barring accidents, the Wenneker-Morris 
Candy Company will rank among those in the front line of the 
candy business, not only in the City of St. Louis, but in the 
United States. 

McCabe, Young & Co., wholesale manufacturers of vehicles, 
a cut of whose factory and sales-rooms is shown on the opposite 
page, aptly illustrate the fact that energy and perseverence 
will triumph. They have for years been recognized by the 
trade all over the South and West as leaders in their line of 
manufacture, and when it is considered that there are none west 
of the Mississippi, if indeed in the country, who make anything 
like the variety of vehicle that they do, it will be understood 
that their patrons are numerous, and their fame widespread. 

While for many years employing their energy almost exclus- 
ively in catering to the outside trade, they have recently estab- 
lished a mammoth retail department and are enjoying a most 
liberal patronage. 

In their show-rooms may be found an endless and varied 
assortment of business and pleasure vehicles, and those in 
search of a wheeled vehicle are hard to suit if, after a walk 



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108 COMMERCIAL AND 

through their repositories and an inspection of their stock, do not 
find exactly what they want. 

Their location is most convenient for either the non-resident 
or city buyer, being situated on Broadway, our greatest and 
most prominent thoroughfare, and in the heart of the business 
section, only a few squares from the hotel center and directly 
opposite the grand new Union Depot site of the Merchants' 
Bridge and Terminal Railway, being Nos. 1213, 1215, 1217, 
1219, 1221 and 1223 North Broadway. 

James A. Wright & Sons Carriage Co. was established 
in 1847 by Mr. James A. Wright, and from the commencement 
has gained in importance until it occupies a leading position in 
the carriage manufacturing of the country. They have from the 
start made a specialty of the manufacture and repairing of fine 
carriages, etc., and in their splendid six story building, w r hich 
has a floor space of over 100,000 square feet, they carry a com- 
plete stock of finished coaches, landaus, barouches, surreys, 
wagonettes, T-carts, phaetons, road wagons, in fact everything 
in the line of pleasure vehicles of rare finish and style. Their 
factory is a massive 'building 100 x 150 feet, at the corner of 
Washington avenue and Nineteenth street, fully equipped, and 
gives employment to nearly 100 skilled artisans, whose work- 
manship has made the vehicles of this company famous. Mr. 
Jos. P. Wright is the President, and Mr. Frank L. Wright, 
Secretary and Treasurer of the company. Correspondence 
with parties desirous of purchasing anything in their line is 
solicited. 

Condensed Germless Milk. — The St. Louis Dairy Com- 
pany have done more for the health of St. Louis in supplying 
their customers with pure country milk and compelling others to 
do the same — by constantly fighting the "stub-tail daries" — 
than everything else combined, as they commence at the root, so 
to speak, as nursing babies and children are the first to receive 
the benefit, thus making a healthy race in the future. But 
this is foreign to the subject, as this article will speak more 



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particularly of their "Germless Condensed Milk," for which 
they have started a factory on the corner of Twelfth and Mar- 
ket, as shown in the accompanying illustration. 

This milk is simply pure unskimmed cows' milk, condensed 
to a syrupy consistency. It is absolutely germless, as it has 
been put through a process of sterilization, whereby all living 




germs have been destroyed. When used in coffee, custards, 
ice cream — or for any purpose requiring milk — excellent results 
are obtained, as it has not the disadvantages of sugared-con 
densed milk. 

That prices are within the reach of all will be seen by the 
rates below : 

Family size, single case, 4 dozen cans in a case, $6.00. 

The directors of the company are T. T. Turner, Chas. P. 
Chouteau, J. F. Lee, W. R. Sprague, R. R. Hutchison. Dr. 
H. Dettmer, Chemist and Inspector; Charles Cabanne, Man- 
ager. 

No one can sell as good milk and cream and undersell them. 



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The Andrew Geisel Manufacturing Co., established 
1852, manufacturers of ovens and trimmings for oil, gas and 
gasoline stoves, piece and japanned tinware — Second and 
Clark avenue. 

The name of Andrew Geisel has been known and honored in 
St. Louis for forty years as that of a skillful, practical 
mechanic, an upright, progressiye business man, a patriotic and 

public-spi r i t e d 
citizen, and a 
pure and consci- 
entious munici- 
pal officer. He 
served hisfellow- 
citizens two 
terms as City 
Treasurer, and 
left the office 
with clean hands 
and the reputa- 
tion of a model 
Us* officer. He could 
be elected to any 
place in the gift 
of the people, 
but preferred to 

Iding of The Andrew Geisel Manufacturing Co. Sd'Ve 1 11 t lie 

ranks. Mr. Geisel first established himself in the tinware and 
stove business in 1852, and for years was at the head of that 
business on South Broadway, when it was known as Caronde- 
let avenue, and was the busiest thoroughfare in St. Louis 
except, perhaps, Franklin avenue. The Andrew Geisel Manu- 
facturing Co. was organized and incorporated on January 1st, 
and took immediate possession of their magnificent new build- 
ing on Second and Clark avenue, erected especially for their 
business. This building is a five-story and basement structure, 
built of stock brick, and covers an area of 167x70 feet. It is 




ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. Ill 

equipped with all the latest improved machinery, appliances 
and facilities. All their business is now conducted under one 
roof, except their japanning department, which will for the 
present be continued at its old quarters, 1220-22-24 and 2G 
South Third street. The company does a very extensive city, 
country and shipping business, and is now on such a basis and 
conducted in such a manner as to be practically beyond suc- 
cessful competition in quality, quantity and price of output. 
It is the largest concern of the kind in the West, as solid as a 
rock, and managed and controlled by gentlemen of the highest 
business ability, strictest probity and universal popularity. We 
are under obligations to Mr. A. H. Geisel, son of Mr. Andrew 
Geisel, and secretary of the company, for courtesies extended 
during our visit to the works. Mr. A. H. Geisel will be happy 
to furnish all particulars, catalogues, etc., to parties applying 
for them. The company have a fine sample and salesroom, it 
being a real miniature exposition of goods they manufacture. 

HORSES AND MULES. 

The horse and mule trade of St. Louis surpasses that of an\ 
city in the country and probably in the world ; so much so that 
there are large purchases made here every year by foreign gov- 
ernments to supply their armies, and the United States buy 
nearly all their horses here, and especially is this the case in time 
of war. The country tributary to St. Louis is the finest grazing 
one in the world, and the fact that our stock commission 
dealers are noted for their upright dealings, has caused the trade 
of the United States to center here. To give an idea of the 
amount of business transacted and its increase we quote one 
decade. The shipments of horses and mules for the year 1880 
were 44,416, while that for 1890 were 79,030. The increase 
of receipts were, 1880, 46,011; and for 1890, 82,071, 
nearly double. One of the leading dealers here is Mr. John 
Kirk, whose stables are from Nos. 1419 to 1440 Broadway. His 
success has been phenomenal ; he is only 39 years of age and he 
occupies the foremost position in the auction and commission 



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COMMERCIAL AND 



business. Mr. Kirk came to St. Louis in 1882, and accepted a 
position with Maxwell Bros, as auctioneer ; when this firm 
closed their auction Mr. Kirk opened a sale department for 
Crosswhite, Patton & Ruby, this being their first sale depart- 
ment of horses and mules. After having full charge of the auc- 
tion department of this firm for two years and a half, he went 
into partnership with Mr. F. Sloane under the firm name of 
Sloane & Kirk. At the expiration of a year Mr. Kirk started 

in a small way for himself 
last November. As an in- 
stance of what push and 
honesty will do he now 
owns and operates four sta- 
bles. This is the only 
strictly commission stable in 
St. Louis. He never buys 
on his own account, and can 
therefore guarantee satisfac- 
tion to patrons who consign 
their stock to him for sale. 
Auction sales are held daily 
at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. 
Men are furnished free of 
charge to bring stock to and 
from cars and boats, and he 
has accomodations for 300 
head. Mr. Kirk, attributes his very flattering success to square 
dealing with both buyers and sellers ; his stables are situated 
1419, 1421, 1428 and 1440 N. Broadway. 

Huse & Loomis Ice and Transportation Company — 
Offices Gay Building, 204 N. Third street. This, the largest 
Ice and Transportation Co. doing business in St. Louis, was 
established here in 1861 and incorporated in 1882. Wm. L. 
Iluse is the president and manager of the concern, and Luther 
Loomis, vice-president and treasurer ; H. E. Penning, secretary. 
Their facilities for handling ice both by river and rail are unsur- 




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passed, as they own their own steamboats, barges and cars. They 
supply most of the dealers in the lower Mississippi valley and 
its tributaries and a large part of what is sold to dealers here. 
Their sources of supply are the upper Mississippi and Illinois 
rivers, and they have ice houses at Louisiana, Mo., Alton, 111., 
Beardstown, 111., Kingston Lake, 111., Peoria, 111. and Clear 
Lake, 111. At each of these points they have large store houses 
with a total capacity of 300,000 tons, and they employ in the 
winter 2,000 and in the summer 200 men. They cut only 
"northern ice" and use none of the local product. They also 
supply largely the States of Arkansas and Texas, by railroad. 

C. D. Comfort & Co. — This well-known firm of manu- 
facturers of jeans cloth- 
ing, overalls, shirts, etc., 
removed during the past 
year to its new factory at 
2201, 2203 and 2205 
Chestnut street, built ex- 
pressly for them, herein 
represented; it is 75x110 
feet, and comprises four 
floors and a basement. 
The average number of 
hands employed by them 
is 250, and their salary 
list exceeds $60,000 per annum. They employ six traveling men 
and do an extensive business through the Southwest, West and 
Northwest. Their output for the past year was in the neighbor- 
hood of one-third of a million. The goods manufactured by 
them have acquired a high reputation by reason of the su- 
perior manner in which they are manufactured, and are much 
sought after by those dealers who wish to keep in stock only 
the best. Mr. C. D. Comfort, the head of the firm, has for 
the past four years represented a constituency in the City 
Council, who have every reason to be satisfied with the able and 
fearless manner in which he has protected their interests. 




114 COMMERCIAL AND 

Scharff, Berxheimer & Co. — This successful firm went 
into business here in 1875, and in the short space of four months 
became the largest Southern order shippers on the Mississippi 
River. Their business has increased so much that at the present 
time they send over six cargoes, aggregating 1,000 tons each to 
the Ouachita and Red River country annually. The heads of 
this firm are both Southern men, and conducted business success- 
fully before they came to St. Louis. Recognizing the fact that 
St. Louis would give them greater facilities for business they 
came here and joined fortunes with such wonderful success. 
Mr. Bernheimer is now President of the Merchants' Exchange, a 
position he fills with great ability and to which he was unani- 
mously elected. They deal in flour, provisions, grain, produce, 
groceries, tobaccos, cigars, liquors, wagons, woodenware, 
cotton and commission. Their salesroom, offices and ware- 
houses are at 704 to 706 N. Second street. 

M. Shaughnessy & Co. — Ten years ago this house was 
established, and they have built up a trade that is the envy of 
many of their rivals that keep all the popular brands of whiskies, 
champagnes, wines" bitters, cordials, etc. Their specialty, and 
one of the most popular of whiskies on the market is their 
"Club House" brand, of which they are the sole proprietors. 
It has a delicious flavor and without doubt is the purest whisky 
that can be made. It is not put on the market till it is ten 
years old, and as it is distilled from selected grain, with the 
utmost care, it has a rich and fruity bouquet that is hard to find. 
It is put up in cases of one dozen quart bottles and is never sold 
out of the bottle. Be sure the trade mark is on the bottle when 
purchasing. Ask your grocer for it, and if he don't keep it order 
direct from M. Shaughnessy 402 N. Main street. 

Mr. Shaughnessy is one of our young merchants, with plenty 
of vim, and to such as him will depend the future of St. Louis. 



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Old Taylor.- — E. H. 




Taylor, Jr., & Sons, distillers, Frank- 
fort, Kentucky. The 
Premier Kentucky Whis- 
ky. Our "Old Taylor" 
whisky, fac-simile of the 
brand of which is pre- 
sented opposite page 96. 
represents the very high- 
est type of typical hand- 
made, sour-mash, small 
still, pure copper whisky, 
of which, at most, there 





are now manufactured 
in the entire State of 
Kentucky less than one- 
half dozen, though that 
method of manufacture 
is conceded to be the 
only perfect method by 
the scores of manufact- 
urers who, not observing 
it, yet lay claim to it. 

Inferior whiskies are 
being vended as "Taylor" whiskies. 

Buyers should be neither dupes of, nor parties to this 
imposition. 

Our senior has no connection with any other company or 
firm bearing the name of Taylor, and the use of his name by 
any other such firm is simply a fraudulent appropriation of it. 



-old $£fe 



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We commend this whisky to the better trade of the country 
as being precisely what it is represented to be, and as entitled 
to the first consideration among all Kentucky whiskies. 

None genuine without portrait of Mr. E. H. Taylor, Jr. 

Whiskies, Wines, Etc. 

Jas. D. Malin & Co., 
of 218 Locust street, have 
been 22 years in the 
liquor business, and dur- 
ing that time have large- 
ly increased their plant ; 
so much so that they have 
recently moved to their 
present quarters, which 
were specially built for 
them. They deal in the 
celebrated "Old Crow," 
"Boone's Knoll," "May- 
field," "Coon Hottow," 
"Big Springs" and other 
brands of Whiskies, Port, 
Sherry, Clarets, Sau- 
terns, Rhine, Hungarian 
and California Wines, 
champagnes, favorite 
brands liquors and cor- 
dials. In brandies they 
have the most celebrated 
brands. They pay par- 
ticular attention to family trade, and will be happy to receive 
orders from home and abroad. A call at their establishment 
will repay those interested. 

WHITE LEAD. 

St. Louis leads the list in its manufacture of this article. 
There are several reasons for this. Its proximity to the lead 




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117 



fields, the large experience and excellence of product, and the 
enterprise and energy of its manufacturers, have made the name 
of our city a familiar and favored one in connection with this 
line of goods throughout the United States. 

The process followed by all the factories here is the one so long 
known as the "Dutch Method," which is the only one that has 
so far been found to give uniformly satisfactory results. 




Among the manufacturers of this class the "Southern White 
Lead Company" stands at the head. From a very small begin- 
ning in the year 1865, they have steadily grown in capacity and 
in the amount of their sales until there is not now an important 
market in the country where the brand has not been sold, and 
where it is not familiarly known. They are also very large 
manufacturers of Oxides (Red Lead, Litherage, etc.) 

In this department they employ their patent revolving kilns, 
in which fuel gas is used, made exclusively for the purpose, 
they having the exclusive control of such furnaces, and being 
the only manufacturers who make gas for this purpose. 



118 COMMERCIAL AND 



A. Rasch & Son — Wholesale and retail dealers in Building 
and Roofing Papers, is the name of a new enterprising firm lo- 
cated at No. 511 Walnut street, St. Louis. 

Through energy, connected with honest and the promptest of 
service, this firm has already secured many connections, and the 
demand for their goods is increasing constantly. 

The Powerville Carbonized Stringed Building and Roofing 
Felt, for which this firm is the sole Southwestern agent, sur- 
passes any other article in this line, as the same is not only 
cheaper, but cleaner and more durable than the other so-called 
tarred papers, and as it never will stick together. 

In addition to this new process of carbonizing and stringing 
the felt, another valuable improvement on the Powerville goods 
is the selling of it by the measure instead of weight. The felt 
is put up in accurately measured rolls, each one guaranteed to 
hold out to the measure marked thereon. A. Rasch & Son 
keep also, constantly in stock, a great variety of untarred Build- 
ing Papers, and any one in need of anything in this line will find 
it to his advantage to give this firm a trial. 

The American Wine Company. — Cook's Extra Dry Impe- 
perial Champagne has held its own for forty years against all 
competitors, and has been pronounced by such men as the Lord 
Chief Justice of England, and by George Augustus Sala, as 
equal to any sparkling wine in existence, and superior to many. 
We know that there are a large number of men in this glorious 
country that ape everything foreign, and that think that there is 
no champagne unless it comes from France ; but, thanks to a 
reign of common sense they are few and don't carry much 
weight. Cook's Imperial Champagne, is a "naturally fer- 
mented" wine, has no deleterious ingredients incorporated with 
it, and there is not a more healthful beverage in the market than 
this wine. Its immense success in the past few years — it being 
drank from Maine to Florida — must be very gratifying to its 
managers. It has received many recognitions from European 
Expositions as well as at home. The American Wine Com- 
pany of St. Louis continues the same processes of manufacture 



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119 



left by Mr. Isaac Cook, the founder, through his son Mr. D. G. 
Cook, who is the president of the company. It has grown to be 
the leading concern of the kind in the United States, and has 
spread the name of St. Louis and the fame of American wines 
throughout the civilized globe. 




An illustration of the plant here accompanies these few re- 
marks, but the company have large plants located at Sandusky, 
Ohio, consisting of press-houses, wine cellars, etc. The wine 
vaults in this city are fifty feet deep, 100x200 feet area, with a 
storage capacity of 150,000 gallons and a corking capacity for 
10,000 bottles daily. 



PLATE AND WINDOW GLASS. 

This industry both as regards jobbing and manufacturing has 
increased here more than 100 per cent in the past five years. 
With the building going on consequent upon the improvement 
of the West, South and Southwest, together with the local de- 
mand — by no means small — this trade must necessarily show 
very largely increased sales in the coming seasons ; the margins 
of profit, however, are growing less as the competition in the 
line is fully developed. This applies to all grades of plate and 
window glass. A gratifying feature of the trade is a more gen- 



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COMMERCIAL AND 



eral use of the finer grades of glass, so that where formerly archi- 
tects and owners only used sheet glass they now use plate glass, 
finding it in the end cheaper on account of its beauty and dura- 
bility. In former times plate glass was principally used for 

show windows in store fronts, 
| now, however, there is hardly 
a building, store, residence or 
otherwise, but has plate glass 
nearly throughout. 

The F. A. Drew Glass 
Company, a cut of whose 
building is here shown, has 
been one of the greatest factors 
in developing the glass trade of 
St. Louis. This house has 
never failed to take advantage 
of any opportunity to not 
alone introduce their own 
goods, but to make St. Louis 
the Western headquarters for 
glass of all kinds and to de- 
velop the taste for glass decora- 
tion in house ornamentation, both externally and internally. 
This company is one of the five large concerns — the others 
being in Chicago and New York — who take the entire output of 
the great Crystal Plate Glass Company, a concern of St. Louis, 
whose plate glass is acknowledged to be the finest and clearest 
made in the United States. It will be noted that in many lines 
of manufactured goods besides glass, that St. Louis leads the 
country both in the quantity and the quality, which statement is 
no idle boast, but is demonstrated by facts and acknowledged by 
those familiar with the products. 

The Geo. R. Dickinson Paper Co., is located at Nos. 316 
and 318 N. Third street. They are the proprietors of extensive 
mills at Holyoke, Mass., where they manufacture book and 
writing paper, the product amounting to over fifty tons daily. 




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121 



They carry one of the largest stocks of paper to be found in 
the West, which includes a full line of linens, ledgers, superfines 
and fines in flat and ruled headings, envelopes, folded note 
papers, cover papers, super calendars, machine finish, enameled 
book papers, etc. Size of machines, 84, 88 and 110. 

Publishers, printers and blank book manufacturers will here 
find a complete line of the different varieties of papers in use by 
them. Mr. Henry S. Dickinson is President and Treasurer of 
the company, and Messrs. Wm. H. Clark and Leo. S. Kings- 
land, Managers. 

^ip . The St. Louis News 

Company is located at 1008 
and 1010 Locust street, 
where they carry a large 
stock of periodicals, books 
and stationery. It is through 
this company that the lead- 
ing magazines, periodicals, 
newspapers, etc., are dis- 
tributed throughout the 
Western country. Their 
book and stationery stock is 
large and complete in every 
particular. Price lists, etc.. 
_ furnished cheerfully on ap- 
H plication. 

| David Nicholson, 113 
f S. Sixth street, established 
1843, is now the oldest 
house in its line in St. Louis. It was also the first 
house to import direct through the custom house here, and 
is now the largest importer of fancy groceries. From its excel- 
lent management it has been a success from the start. The 
founder recognizing the fact that honest dealing was sure to 
bring successful trade, always kept the best that could be bought 




122 COMMERCIAL AND 

in his line. Some of its specialties are coffees, teas, clarets, 
champagnes, Scotch and Irish whiskies, castile soap, pure salad 
oils, etc., while in bourbon and rye whiskies they cannot be 
excelled. It is enough to be said in any circle that your whis- 
kies or wines came from ''Nicholson's." In addition to the 
above they are sole agent for the Anheuser-Busch Bottled 
Lager Beer and for Joseph Burnett & Co's Extracts, manu- 
factured at Boston, Mass. The sole agency for the United 
States and British America for the David Nicholson Liquid 
Bread also rests in this house. This is a substitute for all alco- 
holic drinks, and is used by invalids with the most beneficial re- 
sults, and as a stimulating beverage for nursing mothers. The 
preparation is commended as healthful, harmless and nutritious 
by the most eminent chemists in the United States, and now. 
without doubt, has the largest sale of any article of the kind in 
the country. 

B. Thalmann — St. Louis Printing Ink Works ; Mr. B. Thal- 
mann established his St. Louis Printing Ink Works in 1860, and 
has seen his enterprise grow until it ranks among the leading 
factories of its kind in the country. His office is at 210 Olive 
street, and his spacious factory, 100x105 feet in dimensions, is 
at 2115 to 2121 Singleton street, but so extensive has his bus- 
iness become that he finds even these large premises inadequate, 
and is preparing to build additional manufacturing premises. 
The works on Singleton street are equipped with a 45-horse 
power engine, ten mills and all the latest improved machinery. 
Mr. Thalmann employs none but the most skilled labor, and 
carries on all the processes of printing ink manufacture, buying 
nothing but the raw oils and colors. Everything else is pro- 
duced in the factory; he has his own black room, makes his own 
lamp black, and manufactures lithographic, steel plate, book, 
job, news and all kinds of printing inks, black and colored, of 
highest grade. His patronage steadily increases from year to 
year and is very large, including, besides a heavy city business, 
a large trade in the States of Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Louisi- 
ana, Alabama, Tennessee, Illinois, Kansas, Colorado, Wyom- 



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123 



ing, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, California and 
Washington. This immense trade has been secured and re- 
tained by manufacturing superior goods and keeping them up 




B. Thalmann. 



to a uniform grade of merit, and by strictly attending to every 

detail of the business and applying correct principles to all his 

transactions. The ink used in this book is from Mr. Thal- 
mann's factory. 



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J. E. Clark & Co., 2000 to 2010 Pine street. This company 
manufactures nothing but pure cider and cider vinegar. Their 

celebrated brand, "Mis- 
souri Cider," is very 
popular on account of its 




excellence, as 



also 



their champgane cider. 
It is not only a delicious 
drink, but is very effica- 
cious in cases of chronic 
biliousness and consti- 
pation. They also manu- 
facture a very fine article 
of cider syrup and refined 
hard cider. 



Estev & Camp. — This 
firm has done much to sup- 
ply the West with first-class 
pianos and organs at mod- 
erate prices. 

The Estey Organ has for 
years held a high position 
as one of the leading organs 
of the world, and, owing to 
the energy of its makers in 
constantly improving it, has 
outstripped all others in the 
race for merit and popu- 
larity. Feeling the neces- 
sity of being able to supply 
the demand for a piano of 
equal merit with the Estey 
Organ, the Estey Piano 
Company was formed some 
time since, and the Estey piano has already acquired the repu- 




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125 



tation of being the only real first-class piano which can be 
furnished at medium price. Thus with the Estey piano and the 
Estey organ, Messrs. Estey & Camp can supply every call for a 
fine musical instrument, and can make prices and terms to suit 
all buyers. Their St. Louis house is located at 916 and 918 
Olive street, in new and elegant warerooms, and visitors will 
always be welcome. 

This house has had a long and successful career in St. Louis, 
gained through the merits of their pianos and organs and 
through that strict adherence to sound integrity that wins the 
confidence of the public. They handle only first-class instru- 
ments, which they sell for close cash figures or on the monthly 
payment plan, and this feature by a reliable house is a great 
accommodation to the purchaser. Mr. Edward M. Read is 
manager of the St. Louis house. 

T. Bahnsen, Piano Manufacturer, 1520 Olive street, is the 
maker of the celebrated Bahnsen Piano, an instrument which 




has given St. Louis a prominent position among American cities 
famed for producing fine pianos. He began making pianos 
here ten years ago. It speaks well for the musical culture of 



126 COMMERCIAL AND 

our people that his efforts have met with encouraging apprecia- 
tion. In spite of competition from home and abroad the Bahn- 
sen Pianos have worked their way to the front rank, and are 
considered equal in all respects to those of any maker in the 
country. In all the qualities that go to make up a perfect piano, 
these instruments excel ; their durability, tone, finish and elas- 
ticity of touch are especially notable. They have not been 
boomed by extensive advertising, but have won distinction 
solely upon their merits. Unsolicited testimonials from the 
greatest artists bear glowing and deserved tribute to their su- 
perior excellence. They also received first premium at St. 
Louis Fair in 1887 and 1888. Sales yearly increasing. We 
congratulate Mr. Bahnsen on his well-earned success. Intend- 
ing purchasers will do well to examine the splendid stock of 
new styles at Mr. Bahnsen's show rooms. 

OUR BREWING INTERESTS. 

St. Louis ranks as the third city in the Union in the manufact- 
ure of beer, and has the largest brewery in the world — The 
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association. In the last ten years the 
increase of the manufacture of this delicious beverage is wonder- 
ful, as can be seen in the following figures: In the year 1880 
the total output was 828,000 barrels, 25,670,232 gallons, while 
in 1890 it had increased to 1,860,000 barrels, 58,500,000 
gallons ; which was largely due to the wonderful energy and 
tact of Mr. Adolphus Busch, the President of the Anheuser- 
Busch Brewing Company. It goes without saying that he has 
given St. Louis more notoriety as a manufacturing city, not only 
in the article of "BEER" alone, but in hundreds of other ways. 
Not only is his brain ever ready with pertinent suggestions for 
our city's welfare, but his purse as well. He has made us known 
in all the capitals of Europe, as well as at home, and his won- 
derful success in managing the huge concern which he controls 
is phenomenal. The Globe- Democrat, in speaking of it, says: 
There is no manufacturing concern in this city that has so much 
interest for visitors or is so well known the world over as the 



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12' 




Adolphus Busch, President of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing /ssociation. 



128 COMMERCIAL AND 

mammoth collection of buildings now occupied by the Anheuser- 
Busch Brewing Association, located not far from the west bank 
of the Mississippi, and commanding a view of many miles of 
that historic stream. Its buildings tower above their neighbors 
with more than ordinary architectural symmetry, and such is 
their design that when first seen this collection of buildings 
seems to be one stupendous whole. 

The history of this magnificent enterprise has been many 
times written, and few are unacquainted with it. How from a 
small beginning, under the guidance of one who is now ac- 
knowledged a financial star of the first magnitude, its products 
have been sent to every part of the civilized world, received 
medals and awards for excellence from every international con- 
gress, and to-day stands unrivaled, with an output of over 30,- 
000,000 bottles of beer, besides the enormous amount of 700,- 
000 barrels of draught beer. As we all know, the chief ingredi- 
ents used in the manufacture of beer are barley, hops and water. 
Let those carpers who decry the brewing of beer look for one 
moment on the following figures and see what this one institu- 
tion does for the agricultural community. This past year of bar- 
ley the quantity used was over 1,500,000 bushels, the product of 
not less than 40,000 acres. Of hops more than 1,000,000 
pounds, 7,000 bales and over. 

Of water the consumption is not less than 1,000,000,000 gal- 
lons, one-thirtieth of the entire amount used by the City of St. 
Louis, with half a million of inhabitants and hundreds of manu- 
facturing concerns. The business for 1890 was very gratifying, 
and the popularity of the products and the promises of still 
greater demands in the near future, warranted the construction 
of a number of new buildings, some of which were completed 
during the year, while others are in process of erection. Among 
them is a new boiler house equipped with eight batteries, two 
boilers each of the Heine Safety boiler, giving a total capacity 
of 4,000-horse power, and a new storage house, holding 60,000 
barrels of beer, giving total storage capacity of 300,000 barrels. 
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completed, will give a capacity of 1,500,000 barrels per year. 
A malt house, in which the barley is malted by a pneumatic pro- 
cess. The result in this instance has proved so beneficial (the 
barley possessing greater strength and imparting a most agreea- 
ble flavor to the beer) that all the malt houses will be remodeled 
to this system ; an elevator for the storage of barley, having a 
capacity of 400,000 bushels. 

The De La Vergne company has made this brewery the largest 
ice machine in the world, having a capacity equal to the melting 
of 500 tons of ice per day. 

There is, of course, an army of workmen employed in the 
brewery, but in connection with the brewery and in which its 
capital is invested and under its management are a number of 
feeders, as it were, which employ almost as many men, and in 
which enormous sums of money are also invested. The black- 
smithing and wagonmaking shops, the cooperage works, cork- 
making shop, refrigerating car services and perhaps the most 
important of all, the glass factories, where the 35,000,000 bottles 
used each year are manufactured — one at Belleville and one at 
Streator, 111., and one at St. Louis. 

This last is the most perfect of its kind, is fitted with two self- 
feeding furnaces, the patent of which is controlled by Mr. 
Busch, and which enables it to run day and night without inter- 
mission, envoys 400 hands and its output during the season, 
eight months, is 10,000,000 bottles. 

Taking it as a whole this establishment, of which Mr. 
Adolphus Busch is the head and front, and the enterprises it 
controls employs more workmen, pays more taxes on its various 
plants, expends more money in wages, raw material and 
improvements than any other business enterprise in the country, 
and adds to the support of every department of art, science, 
agriculture and mechanics. 

The American Brewery is a local concern of such import- 
ance that it is deemed worthy of special notice. It being the 
latest addition to our already vast brewing industry, it follows as 



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a matter of course throughout its entire construction and equip- 
ment that the very best of modern apparatus known to the art of 
invention in brewing have been used, and therefore the new 



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plant stands to-day a model of architectural construction and the 
acme of perfection in detail. The company was organized in 



132 COMMERCIAL AND 

January, 1890, and Henry Koehler, Jr., was elected President 

and Hugo A. Koehler, Secretary. The stock of the company is 

owned exclusively by citizens of St. Louis. It will be the 

endeavor of the officers of the company to produce beers of the 

highest class only, and to obtain patronage by furnishing only 

such an article. Three brands of beer will be placed on the 

market on Saturday, February 28. They are "The American 

Standard," the "A. B. C. Muenchener," and the "A. B. C. 

Bohemian." If success merits success the American Brewing 

Company will be creditable alike to them and to the City of St. 

Louis, famed throughout the world for the quality of its beer. 

The architecture is imposing, having been designed and erected 

under the guiding hand of Architect E. C. Janssen, than whom 

none hold a higher place in the profession. The base of the 

building is constructed of stone known as broken ashler, and is 

one of the most attractive pieces of work executed by Geisel & 

Co. The remaining stories and other buildings are of brick, 

which was done by Fr. Wm. Koenig & Sons. The boilers were 

put in by the John O'Brien Boiler Works Company. The 

elevators, mash machines, and all the fine machinery in the brew 

house was supplied by the Felber Machine Works. Tin, 

Copper and Galvanized Iron Works did all the copper work. 

Cold and warm water tanks, 350 barrels each, and his own 

patent beer cooler and the galvanized iron evaporators by Alvis 

Aufrichtig. The copper brew kettles, the largest ever made, 

came from the Seibel-Suesdorf Manufacturing Company. The 

Gilsonite Roofing and Paving Company covered the buildings 

with their splendid roofing. 

Charles A. Drach & Co., Electrotypers and Stereotypers. 
For 25 years Mr. Drach has been in business here, and his trade has 
been on the constant increase till at this time it is the largest in 
the West, and one of the best known factories of the kind in the 
country. There are many reasons for this, and one of them is 
the superior manner in which he does his work and the other is 
his promptness in completing the jobs entrusted to his care. 



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They do a large trade in St. Louis, also a large business is done 
in Chicago, Quincy and other Illinois towns, for Kansas City, 
St. Joe and other Missouri t _r--~^..-— M^S^<?= 

towns, for Topeka, Leaven- 
worth and other Kansas 
towns, Dallas, Fort Worth 
and other Texas points, Los 
Angeles and other Cali- 
fornia places, and generally 
throughout the West and 
South. In no department 
of art industry has there 
been greater improvement 
made in the past two de- 
cades than in electrotyping 
and stereotyping, and St. 
Louis ranks second to no 
city on the continent in the 
line. Factory, Fourth and Pine street. 

The Heckel Hardware Co. — This enterprising firm has 
moved into its new quarters, 412 North Twelfth street. The 
building was especially erected for their business, and contains 
five floors and a basement, each 30x110 feet. Although this 
firm has been established only five years, they have, through 
their energy and business tact, established one of the most flour- 
ishing stores in their line. They employ ten traveling men and 
keep them busy. They have a full line of general wholesale 
hardware, and make a specialty of builders' hardware ; their 
assortment in this line is second to none, and it is their aim to 
double their sales in these goods this year, as they give special 
attention to filling these kind of orders. The President of the 
company is Mr. Geo. P. Heckel ; C. Fattman, Vice-President, 
and H. A. Lueking, Secretary. 

The gentlemen composing this company are thoroughly alive 
to what is needed in their line, their clerks are active and under- 



134 COMMERCIAL AND 

stand their business and there is no doubt but they will soon be 
in the van. 

Kingsland & Douglas Manufacturing Co. — The oldest 
and largest manufacturing enterprise in the Southwest in its 
line is that now conducted by this company. The business was 
established in 1844 by Messrs. George Kingsland and D. K. 
Ferguson, under the style of Kingsland & Ferguson. In 1874, 
upon the death of Mr. George Kingsland, his son, Mr. L. D. 
Kingsland, succeeded to his interests, and the business was 
incorporated as the Kingsland & Ferguson Manufacturing Co., 
of which Mr. E. W. Douglas of the present company was a 
stockholder. In 1882 the present company was incorporated 
and succeeded to the business. Of this company Mr. L. D. 
Kingsland and Mr. E. W. Douglas are the principal stock- 
holders and active managers. The manufacturing premises 
comprise nearly the entire blocks bounded by Eleventh, 
Thirteenth and Mullanphy streets, covered with brick buildings 
and equipped with all modern machinery and appliances 
adapted to the production of first-class work upon a large scale. 
In these works 350 skilled mechanics are employed in the manu- 
facture of complete outfits for saw milling, for threshing all 
kinds of grain, shelling and husking corn and cobs, grinding 
meal, crushing sorghum cane and ginning and baling cotton, 
and for any of these purposes : they also furnish any style of 
steam engine and boiler that may be desired, with all the shaft- 
ing, pullies, belting and supplies that are necessary. Their 
mammoth saw mill is an extra mill adapted to cutting large 
logs and large quantities of lumber, and there are five other 
styles of mills of different sizes, making a complete line of saw 
mills adapted to all uses. In agricultural machinery, shingle 
machines, cane mills, corn and wheat mills, evaporators, cotton 
gins, cotton presses and other machinery the products present 
the latest and most valuable improvements in mechanical con- 
struction, the company controlling a large number of important 
patents and being prepared to fill every demand of progressive 
manufacturers and agriculturalists in the lines of machinerv 



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manufactured at their works. In connection with their factory 
they operate one of the largest, if not the largest, foundry in 
the West, doing a general foundry business for all styles of 
castings. Their trade extends to every part of the United 
States and Mexico as well as including orders from other foreign 
countries ; and they have an especially large business through- 
out the entire South and West, having agents located in all large 
cities and towns, and eight traveling salesmen are engaged in 
promoting the business of the company. The company is 
firmly established upon the basis of forty-six years of honorable 
activity, during which its trade has steadily increased and 
expanded. In addition to their own products, they carry a very 
large stock of engines of the celebrated manufacture of the 
Watertown Steam Engine Company, for whom they are sole 
agents for the South and Southwest. Mr. L. D. Kingsland has 
been identified with the business since his boyhood, and Mr. 
Douglas, who came from Pittsburg, in 1863, has also been 
identified since that time with it; and the management com- 
bines experience and efficiency, with a close attention to every 
detail, which results in satisfactorily maintaining the unequaled 
position of this house as a leader in this important manufactur- 
ing industry. 

The Murphy Varnish Company opened their St. Louis 
department in January, 1883. In December of that year they 
were burned out in a well-remembered fire, which is said to 
have been one of the prettiest that ever occurred in St. Louis. 
Fourth street was then the popular retail street of the city ; all 
buildings on that thoroughfare suitably located were leased at 
high rentals. The owner of the one empty desirable store 
refused to rent to a varnish house, because of the alleged danger- 
ous nature of the business. That night the building containing 
the empty store was also burned down. 

Finding it impossible to rent suitable quarters the Murphy 
Varnish Company purchased a lot on the corner of Clark avenue 
and Fourth street, and erected thereon the gem of a building 
herein illustrated. They do a very large business. The 



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territory controlled by the St. Louis department extends west to 
the Rocky Mountains and south to the Gulf of Mexico. Other 
departments situated in Newark, N. J., Boston, Mass., Cleve- 
land, Ohio, and Chicago, Ills., supply the rest of the country. 
With the Murphy Varnish Company quality of product is the 

first consideration. 
This policy steadily 
pursued for twenty- 
five years has made 
them the most suc- 
cessful manufactur- 
ers of Varnish in 
the world. 

The St. Louis 

| IJUJfj Departm ent has 

been managed by 

Mr. Melvin H. 

Stearns, a native 

of Massachusetts, 

since it was opened. 

Mr. Stearns has 

had an experience 

of fifteen years in the business, and is no doubt the best 

informed man west of the Mississippi on the requirements of 

varnish buyers in the territory superintended by him. 

A. P. Erker & Bro., Opticians, 617 Olive Street. — 
This firm was founded in 1880 as the first manufacturing optical 
establishment in St. Louis. The thorough schooling these 
gentlemen had in the science of optics, and equipped with the 
best tools and machinery, their accuracy in all the details of 
their work, as well as the particular attention they pay to fitting 
glasses to the most difficult cases of impaired sight, has given 
them the just reputation as being the most reliable optical house 
in the West. 

Their stock comprises all kinds of optical goods, as spectacles 




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137 



and eye glasses of the latest improved patterns, opera glasses, 
field glasses, telescopes, magic lanterns, stereopticans, oculists' 
trial cases, artificial eyes, etc. Also a full line of mathematical 
and surveying instruments, as drawing, tracing and blue print 
paper, tracing cloth, etc. 

The Veterans' and Railroad Men's Artificial Leg 
Manufacturing Co., Michael Cleary, Manager, office 511 
Pine street, St. Louis, Mo., the leading specialists in this line. 
The work done by this company is undoubtedly the best. Mr. 
•Cleary having spent the most of his life in perfecting the arti- 
ficial limb, wearing one himself over twenty-eight years, 
fitted up with the latest improved machinery for their 
manufacture, he has been able to 
attain most flattering success and at the 
same time produce a perfect limb for 
the least possible money. This com- 
pany is the authorized manufacturer of 
limbs for United States soldiers. They 
solicit correspondence and invite in- 
spection and comparison. Satisfaction 
guaranteed for five years. Handsome- 
ly illustrated catalogue sent free on 
application. 

D. P. Kane is one of the leading 
manufacturers in this line, being one of 
the authorized makers for the U. S. 
Government's soldiers. His efficiency 
has won him a high reputation, not 
only local, but throughout the land, 
and whoever the unfortunate, has been 
fortunate in securing his services. 
Having hada practical experience of 

a quarter of a century in manufacturing and adjusting Arti- 
ficial Limbs, and being fitted up with all the latest improved 
machinery used in their manufacture, he can furnish limbs of a 
much superior quality than those who are depending on having 




138 COMMERCIAL AND 

parts of their limbs made at various places. He makes in his 
own establishment every part of the Li?nbs that he manufactures, 
therefore he knows that every part will work in harmony with 
the other, and in case any part of a limb should need repairing 
it can be sent or replaced at once, as all the parts are made in 
duplicate. His improved system also enables him to furnish 
good limbs much cheaper than can be procured elsewhere and 
satisfaction guaranteed. His office and factory is at 205 N. 
4th street. St. Louis. Handsomely illustrated catalogue of 
fifty pages sent upon application. 

Architectural Wire Work. 

The immense variety of uses to which wire can be put 
when worked into different articles, and the enormous increase 
of the building interests in St. Louis, has resulted in the estab- 
lishment of several large wire industries in this city. 

Field-Lange Wire and Metal Co. — Prominent among 
the largest and most reliable wire w r orks in St. Louis is the 
Field-Lange Wire and Metal Co., situated at 408 and 410 
Franklin avenue They manufacture all kinds of plain and orna- 
mental architectural wire work, from a plain window guard to 
the finest bank railing or elevator enclosure. The management 
of this company believe, and their belief has been thus far fully 
justified, that wire can be put to a great many uses, at a small 
expense, where cast and wrought iron are now being employed 
at a very heavy cost. 

The business, at first confined to the city, has been steadily 
growing, and now includes all territory tributary to St. Louis. 

Besides their wire works, which include the regular line of 
railings, guards, etc., they manufacture the largest line of wire 
and iron fences in the West, and have been instrumental in 
bringing the cost of a good substantial metal fence within easy 
range of builders of moderate means. They are also extensive 
jobbers in wire of all kinds, wire nettings, wire cloth, and all 
kinds of wire novelties. 



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To any one desiring they will send their illustrated catalogue ; 
and to dealers their regular price sheet published every sixty 
days, and containing bottom quotations on seasonable goods. 

Competent draughtsmen will furnish designs for any special 
class of work, and parties seeking any information in their line 
will always find them prepared to give courteous attention to 
their inquiries. 




Iron. 
The Sligo Irox Store Co. is the oldest house in the iron 
and steel business west of the Mississippi River. It was estab- 



140 COMMERCIAL AND 

lished over half a century ago as the store house for the famous 
brand of "Sligo" Iron. It gradually extended its line of goods 
from iron and steel to bridge builders' and machinists' supplies ; 
then to blacksmiths', horseshoers', woodworkers' and carriage 
builders', until now it carries in store everything that enters into 
the construction and finish of a vehicle, be it a farm wagon or 
the finest coach. It has two large wood yards ; one on Carr, 
and one on Benton street, with railroad switch entering same, 
filled with choice wagon and carriage wood, while its large store 
buildings, Nos. 945 to 953 on N. Second street, are filled to 
overflowing with finished w r oodwork, bodies and gears, wagon 
and carriage hardware, mountings and trimmings. Its line of 
iron and steel plain goods and machinists' supplies is most 
complete. St. Louis is not generally known as a headquarters 
for carriage lamps, yet such is the case, as this company has 
sold more of these goods in the last two years than any other 
house in the United States. This company is also large im- 
porters of English varnish and broadcloths, anvils and hardware. 
It has, for some years past, been under the management of 
young men whose progressive policy has pushed its fortunes far 
beyond the most sanguine expectations of its founders. Mr. 
Charles R. Blake is the President, and Mr. Theodore P. Conant 
the Secretary and Treasurer of the company, and to their energy 
and far-sightedness is largely due its present prosperous con- 
dition. 

Staed Bros. — Grocers — 942 N. Third street. This concern 
does a wholesale and retail grocery business at the above num- 
ber, and have for a long time conducted it successfully. Mr. 
Patrick Staed, our present Sheriff, is at the head of the firm, and 
is one of our wide-awake citizens. Previous to his election for 
Sheriff he held the position as clerk of the Criminal Court, to 
which he was triumphantly elected over all others. Mr. Pat 
Staed, as he is called, is a young man, full of life and energy, 
and there is not a more popular man or straightforward one in 
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Ranges. 

Thomas Sexton & Company — 15 S. Broadway — Sole 
agents for Van's Patent Wrought Steel Portable Range, and 
dealers in carving tables, steam tables, broilers, bake ovens, 
stock kettles and boilers, laundry stoves, with and without dry 
room attachments, coffee and tea urns, stoves, tinware and all 
kinds of hotel imple- 
ments for culinary 
purposes, refrige r a - 
tors, gas, cook and 
heating stoves. Hotel 
outfitting a specialty ; 
repairing prom p 1 1 y 
attended to. 

Mr. Thomas Sex- 
ton, the agent of this 
range, is a host in him- 
self, and manages to 
get his share of the 
good things about. 
The Van Range, for 
which he is agent, is 
a good one, but it has 

a good man to push it. This range has been put in the Southern 
Hotel, Tony Faust's, Theo. Rick's Mitchell's Restaurant, Fur- 
ber's, Koerner's, Nagle's, and hundreds of other hotels, restaur- 
ants and dwellings. 

Belting. 

The Shultz Belting Co. — "It belts the earth and makes the 
moon spin like a top." The Shultz Belting Company is known 
the world over, and its product is in use wherever belting is re- 
quired. It is in use in the power houses of cable and electric 
roads, foundries and machine shops, in mills of all kinds, run- 
ning machines varying in power from a sewing-machine to a 
thousand-ton trip-hammer. Their product goes to all parts of 




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the world; if you go into a large factory in Russia, Australia, 
India or Southern Africa, you are liable to come across their 
belts as well as on this Continent or Europe. 




Willemsen Belting Company. — Factory and office, 205 to 
219 Destrehan street. They make rawhide lace and picker 
leather, patent tanned lace leather, rawhide belting being their 
specialty. The officers of the company are Charles Willemsen, 
President, and George Engelsmann, Secretary. The belts made 
by this concern admit of great strain, and for this are in demand 
for the power houses of our electric railroads. Their belting is 
in use in the Globe-Democrat printing and electric department 
and gives perfect satisfaction. The demand for their belting 
has caused them to largely increase their plant. 

Patents. 

Higdon & Higdon (established 1878), St. Louis, Mo., and 
36 Ledroit building, Washington, D. C, attorneys-at-law, solici- 
tors of patents and attorneys in patent cases. 

The facilities of this firm for attending to matters pertaining 
to this line are unsurpassed by any similarly engaged in 
the country. This firm makes a specialty of securing patents 



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caveats, trade-marks, prints, labels, copyrights, etc., either in 
the United States or foreign countries. They furnish written 
opinions based on the most cautious examinations in doubtful 
cases, and have gained a high reputation for carefully and 
sagaciously guarding the interests of their patrons in all courts, 
and while these gentlemen are acknowledged as experts in this 
line and have had a vast experience as such in patent suits and 
can refer to some of the most prominent litigants in the coun- 




try, their fees for work of this character are invariably the most 
reasonable for expert service. Their patent library, which 
embraces a list of all the patents issued during the existence of 
the office, is free for consultation to clients. 

All correspondence addressed to this firm, either in this city 
or Washington, will receive prompt and courteous attention. 

BICYCLING. 

As a means of locomotion bicycling has advanced beyond the 
embryo stage, and is now of practical as well as pleasurable use. 
Since the introduction of the safetv bicvcle, it has come into 



144 COMMERCIAL AND 

more general use than ever; being used by professional men, 
artisans and ladies, and is indorsed by our clergymen. 

It is the most convenient vehicle — more so than a horse and 
buggy — requiring no attention and being always ready for use. 
To the clerk, whose vocation is of a sedentary nature, cycling is 
a source of health. The government have mounted the mail 
carriers, at Washington, on safety cycles, and ladies now use 
these machines for shopping excursions. 

The growth of wheeling in St. Louis, has been progressing 
steadily and one of the oldest established firms catering to this 
trade is Messrs. Wilder and Laing, of 1724 Olive street. They 
make a specialty of high grade bicycles, and handle the Ram- 
bler, Referee, Ormonde and Premier Safeties, and in cycleali- 
ties they can furnish anything a cyclist may desire ; also for the 
benefit of those who may be unfortunate enough to have acci- 
dents happen to their bicycles, it would be well to state that they 
have unsurpassed facilities for doing repairing and guarantee all 
their work to be satisfactory. 

Coffins. 

St. Louis Coffin Company. — The name of the St. Louis 
Coffin Company is regarded among all funeral directors, not 
only in the United States, but also in all parts of the Western 
Hemisphere, as a synonym for fair and liberal treatment and 
enterprise. 

This is a worthy example of a business that has climbed from 
a small beginning to its present mammoth proportions simply by 
its own exertions and on its own merits. 

The business was established in 1865, and has been conducted 
under its present corporate organization since 1881. 

Their extensive plants fronting on Thirteenth and Fourteenth 
streets, extending along Poplar, consist of two large four-story 
buildings, containing every improvement known for the manu- 
facture of coffins and caskets. 

They manufacture coffins in rosewood, walnut, mahogany, 
French burl, oak and ebony; also cloth covered caskets in the 



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latest and most beautiful patterns, and fine funeral furnishings 
of every known variety. The St. Louis Coffin Co., is and 
always has been the recognized leader in originating and intro- 
ducing new designs, and they pride themselves that they are 
always to the front with everything that is new or attractive in 
their line. 

In the past few years their exporting business has increased to 
such an extent that they have established a branch house at 108 




Water street, New York City, from where all of their exporting 
business is done. 

They are one block from the telegraph office and Union 
Depot. They also have express offices in their own building, 
which enables them to fill orders by telegraph in five minutes' 
notice. The officers of the company are Frederick D. Gardner, 
President ; Samuel M. Piper, Secretary. These are both young 
men of recognized business ability, and thoroughly understand 
the wants of the trade. 
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Printing and Blank Books. 

The Stationery, Printing and Blank Book trade in St. Louis 
previous to 1868, was decidedly primitive, being carried on in a 
number of small stores by many who were comfortably fixed 
and who had no further ambition than to sell a few goods each 
day in that line. 

In the fall of 1868, a firm of printers, stationers and blank 
bookmakers, who had been doing business in Memphis, Tenn., 
for a number of years, believing St. Louis offered advantages to 
the ambitious stationer not possessed by Memphis, moved to 
this city. This concern brought some young men from various 
parts of the country together in their own store — some from 
Cincinnati, some from Memphis, one from Chicago and others 
from other towns. The new company at once jumped into first 
place in the line in this city and held that position for some 
years. In 1872, the firm of VanBeek, Barnard & Tinsley was 
formed, all the members coming out of the Memphis house. 
They started in a small way on a second floor with a small 
blank book factory. In 1873 they moved down stairs, or rather 
added a store ; in 1874 a lithographing department was added, 
this and each of the other departments growing until 1876, 
when another move was made, this time to a large building on 
Main street, occuj3ying all. In 1877 the firm name (owing to 
death of two partners in 1876-7) was changed to Geo. D. 
Barnard & Co., and to-day this house is the largest house in its 
line in the world, and the best known of any house in its par- 
ticular line of trade ; it occupies a building on Washington 
avenue and Eleventh street 65x140 feet, six floors, with L 35x50 
feet, the handsomest stationery store in the country, elegantly 
fitted offices, newest designs and the very best machinery in 
each department. Their traveling men cover twenty-four States 
and Territories, and their goods are to be found in the majority 
of offices, court houses and banks in each of the twenty-four. 
Some five years ago the house added a Steel and Copper Plate 
Department, and do some good work in that line. Four years 
ago they added office furniture, both wood and steel, for office 




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and bank. Have now a big line of these goods and have a 
large factory on Chouteau avenue for the exclusive making of 
the steel goods in which are employed two shifts of hands, 
thirty-five each (night and day force). This line of goods is 
being sold to the banks, court houses and abstract men all over 
the country. Have recently fitted the court houses at Duluth, 
Minn., Portland, Ore., Dallas, Tex., as well as some large 
banks in many of the cities including the Chemical National 
Bank in St. Louis. 




Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co. , the grandest jewelry estab- 
lishment in the world, corner Broadway and Locust street, St. 
Louis, Mo. Visitors always cordially welcome. 



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A. B. Jones Stationery Co.— Those 



want of office 
stationery and supplies, 
blank books, printing or 
lithographing, will do well 
to correspond with this 
house. Having just com- 
menced business they are 
provided with all the new 
ideas and feel warranted in 
saying that orders sent to 
them will be done in a 
satisfactory manner and with 
dispatch. Mr. A. B. Jones, 
the manager of the com- 
pany, has been all his life 
in the business, and under- 
stands it thoroughly in all 
its branches. Their address 
is Nos. 402 and 404 North 
2d street. Those in town 
please telephone No. 680. 
Theo. Schwer & Co. , sole bottlers of the celebrated brand "Our 
Favorite," special brew, 709-11-13-15 Lynch street, St. Louis. 





This "favorite" brand of beer is put up specially for family 
use and is guaranteed to be of a No. 1 quality. Schwer & Co. 
are largely increasing their business every year. 



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Drugs. 

Meyer Brothers' Drug Co. — Among its claims to pre- 
eminence St. Louis holds the distinction of having the largest 
wholesale drug house in the United States, and the name and 
immense business of Meyer Brothers' Drug Company is a 
source of pride to its citizens. 

This institution was originated in 1852, at Fort Wayne, Ind., 
by the present President of the company, Mr. C. F. G. Meyer, 




and in 1865 the St. Louis establishment was commenced under 
the style of Meyer Brothers & Co. 

In 1879 their Kansas City branch was started, and in 1887 
they founded another store at Dallas, Tex. Besides these 
houses the company maintains a purchasing, importing and 
exporting office in New York, and in connection with their 
various interests they publish " Meyer Brothers 1 Druggist" 
one of the most valuable and popular monthlies in the trade. 



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Their ''Annual Illustrated Catalogue" is conceded to be with- 
out a peer anywhere. 

The new buildings of the company at St. Louis are the 
largest, most substantial and best equipped structures in the 
world, devoted exclusively to the jobbing of drugs, the floor 
surface exceeding 170,000 square feet. In the aggregate 
upwards of 500 employes are required constantly, and the 
volume of business transacted annually is enormous. Early in 
1889 the company became incorporated with a capital of $1,- 
750,000. 

Meyer Brothers' Drug Company is renowned for its strict 
business integrity, fair methods and courteous treatment of its 
customers and competitors. 

The J. S. Merrell Drug Company. — Forty-five years ago 
Mr. Jacob S. Merrell started the "drug house" that now bears 
this name. He managed the business in a very conservative 
manner, limiting the increase of business strictly to his increase 
of capital, and thus established a reputation for solidity enjoyed 
by few houses in the country. A peculiar feature of his busi- 
ness was that he kept everything in the Pharmacopoeia, and 
when it was impossible 1 to find a drug, herb or chemical any- 
where else, it was sure to be found at " Merrell 's. " In 1885 
Mr. Merrell died and the business came into the hands of young 
men. They were C. P. Walbridge, H. S. Merrell and Ed 
Bindschalder, who organized it into a corporation under the 
name of the "J. S. Merrell Drug Company, " under whose 
management it immediately came to the front in the drug busi- 
ness in St. Louis. There is not probably a concern in this 
country — unless it is one which has a proprietary article — that 
does a business in as many States as this one does, as their trade 
extends over twenty, from Indiana to the Rocky Mountains, and 
in the legitimate article of "drugs" — so-called — there is prob- 
ably not one anywhere that can show such a record as this house, 
for at least 92 per cent of their trade is in this alone, as only 8 
per cent of their business is in their own proprietary articles. 
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the President and Manager, is a young man of push and energy, 
who has already made for himself a name in our City Council, 
and he is ably seconded by the Secretary and Treasurer, Ed 
Bindschalder, and H. S. Merrell, the Vice-President. They do 
a business in drugs, medicines, druggists' sundries, glass and 
o-lassware, surgical instruments, etc., and are the proprietors of 
MerrelVs Family Medicines. Their office and warerooms are 
at 620 Washington avenue, and they extend through to St. 
Charles street, No. 621 ; also a warehouse and laboratory at 713 
St. Charles street. This is also the oldest house in the trade 
west of the Mississippi, and they point with pride to a successful 
business record of so long a time. They employ seventy hands, 
and owing to their rapidly increasing trade are constantly en- 
larging their force. 

The Merrell Drug Company always aim to be abreast ot the 
times, and they do not allow any one to undersell them, all 
things being even, as they " call a spade a spade, " and do not 
on any account allow their goods to be misrepresented by those 
in their employ. Trusting in the good name the house already 
has, and with any amount of business vim and energy they can 
bring to the already increasing business, they hope to make it 
the model "drug house" of the West. 

Frost & Ruf, a model retail drug store. Indispensable to 
a city of any size is a well-appointed drug store. The one 
"par excellence" of St. Louis is that of Messrs. Frost & Ruf, 
of 700 Olive street. Everything that appertains to this branch 
of business is to be found at their establishment, and always of 
the purest quality. They carry a multifarious assortment of 
drugs and druggists' sundries. A special feature is the pre- 
scription department, which is attended to by skilled prescrip- 
tion clerks, and is under their personal supervision. To one 
not familiar with the details of this business, it may seem 
strange that there are over 3,000 different ingredients on the 
shelves of a well-appointed drug store. You can never ask for 
one which will not be forthcoming at Messrs. Frost & Ruf's. 
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articles is also carried by this firm, whose prices will compare 
favorably with that of any establishment in the country. A 
sine qua non in a drug store is accuracy, and this coupled with 
a uniform courtesy, can always be relied on when dealing with 
this reliable firm. 

FOERSTELVILLE. 

Foerstelville.— The genial face of Michael Foerstel will 
be found in our first article under the head of "City" matters, 
he being the man who handles our finances, as he is our City 
Treasurer, a position he has filled for the past three years to the 
satisfaction of everybody and to the credit of himself. 

But we, in this article, are to write of other things, and that is 
his "Fair" at Foerstelville, on the corner of Boyle avenue and 
Clayton road. A cut of his premises will be found on the 
opposite page, but it does not convey an idea of his gigantic 
business, as his houses are distributed all over the neighborhood 
within the area of one-fourth of a mile. We do not know as 
we can do better than quote what the " Globe-Democrat" said 
about him in their article a few weeks ago. 

Foerstelville. — Hotel,' restaurant, billiard hall, bowling alley, 
dry goods store, boot and shoe store, meat shop, vegetable shop, 
hardware store, feed store, coal yard and slaughter house all 
under one management. 

If any one man in St. Louis has his hands full it is Michael 
Foerstel, whose address is 4330 to 4338 Clayton road, city. 
Foerstelville, as his place is called, is a through route for all the 
farmers and people who come from around the city to dispose 
of their produce and purchase their supplies. Mr. Foerstel, 
who lives on the road and has done so for twenty-five years, 
where he has his residence and slaughter house, which supplies 
the meat for his stalls, 40, 41 and 42 Union Market, saw the 
constant string of loaded wagons passing in front of his door 
from day to day, and from the nature of his calling and dealings 
he had with them in purchasing cattle and feed, learned what 
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place for the night or a hot breakfast in the morning, conceived 
the idea of building and fitting up for them the immense array 
of hotels, shops, etc., which are mentioned above After 
a patient struggle from year to year, constantly increas- 
ing his plant, he has at last made a perfect Fair, where they 
can get the best accommodations for the least price. For 
instance, a farmer coming along the road at early morning finds 
breakfast waiting for him, kept piping hot on steam tables, 
ready at all hours, so he need not wait a minute ; if he should 
come at ni^ht with a load there are sheds for his load with a 
watchman to look after them, and a good room with steam heat, 
electric light, and a good supper and breakfast. Mr. Foerstel 
intends a man shall have a good meal for 20 cents ; if he wants to 
order he can have one at any price, cooked as good as in town. 
If a farmer wants to dispose of his load he can do so on the 
spot. Suppose he arrives with his family ? His wife can get 
everything she wants at the stores under the hotel at the same 
price they can be had for in town, and he can sell his load and 
go home at once, thus saving time all around. For city people, 
they will find everything good and cheap ; clean and light rooms, 
with every modern convenience, billiard rooms and bowling 
alleys, reading rooms and library ; in fact, everything that a 
man can want. His premises will shortly be connected with 
electric cars ; there will be three lines within a block : there -is 
also a station on the Wabash within the same distance. In the 
appointments of the hotel everything is new, in the latest style, 
gas, electric lights, hot and cold water, and next summer there 
will be a large garden and veranda for those who like to spend 
an evening in the open air. Mr. Foerstel' s premises cover three 
blocks : he has twelve wagons constantly on the go, either de- 
livering things he has sold or bringing "grist to the mill." 
Fifty men are constantly on the go doing his work, three book- 
keepers keep his accounts, and it takes $10,000 a year to pay 
them. In his eating house he can feed 1,500 people a day. 
Everything is done for the comfort of his guests, and nothing 
will be tolerated that will create annoyance to them. For our 



154 COMMERCIAL AND 

city people who live in the West End, we would say that he 
has the best cuts of meat, oysters, fish, vegetables, groceries and 
family supplies, which he will deliver to telephone orders. In 
conclusion, "Mike" Foerstel, as he is familiarly called by "old- 
timers," has served the city in many important offices, and is 
now our City Treasurer, a position he fills to its utmost require- 
ments, and is in every way a useful citizen. 

THE PATE STOCK FARM. 

The R. C. Pate Stock Farm. — One of the most valued 
institutions of St. Louis is this stock farm where "trotters" are 
bred. This is the home of the great stallion "Counsellor," 
whose portrait adorns the opposite page, and his stable com- 
panion "Alley Russell." It is the first objective point of every 
horse breeder and lover of the noble animal on his arrival in 
St. Louis. An idea may be formed of its popularity by the 
perusal of the following which appeared in the St. Louis Globe- 
Democrat : 

"Taking advantage of the spring weather of Sunday last a 
Globe-Defnocrat reporter, with some agreeable companions, 
paid his respects to Mr. R. C. Pate and his able Secretary, Mr. 
E. Mansfield, who has charge of the city office, 304 North Main 
Street, of the Pate Stock Farm. There was a large number of 
visitors in carriages, and taken altogether, the liyely scene re- 
minded one of a country fair. The farm is located just at the 
northern boundary of the City of St. Louis, not seven miles 
distant from the City Hall, and reached by street cars or a good 
macadamized road, and as a farm for breeding trotters has not 
its superior among the most famous establishments of Kentucky 
or California. 

"It contains some 400 acres, has handsome houses, barns and 
equipments, ample pastures affording accommodation for 500 
head, and a fine half-mile course, designed expressly to develop 
speed, or when required, to train for the track. 

"The training stable is inclose proximity to the track, fully 
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drivers. The farm is already stocked with stallions, brood 
mares, colts and fillies worth over $250,000, representing strains 
of blood that have been prominent on the turf for years, and in 
the paddock were also seen a number of the noted St. Louis 
road teams that had been boarded here during the winter months. 
The two stallions at the head of the stud are Alley Russell and 
Counsellor. Alley Russell, No. 4502, record 2:22f, was sired 
by Mambrino Russell, son of the great campaigner, Woodford 
Mambrino, 2:21.}, at 15 years old, who was owned and cam- 
paigned by Mr. R. C. Pate, in 1878, and now lies buried at the 
farm. Mambrino Russell's dam is the renowned Miss Russell, 
the dam of Maud S., 2 :08f, and the great Nutwood. The dam 
of Alley Russell was Alley, dam of Wilton, 2:19^, and Albert 
France, 2:20}, by Rysdyck's Hambletonian, the sire of George 
Wilkes, and the founder of the great Hambletonian family. 
Alley Russell promises to be one of the most noted sires of 
early speed. The following are a few of his get that attained 
records last season, on well-authenticated trials : Mollie Russell 
(2), record 2:36f, in the fifth heat of a winning race against 
aged horses; Cora Russell, (3), record 2:41J; Kansas Russell 
(yearling), record 3 :03 ; Alice Russell (2), record 2 :55 ; George 
Russell (yearling), record 3 :04 ; Judge Russell (3), trial 2 :30f ; 
Frank Temple was a good second in a race, time 2:32; Alta 
Russell (2), trial 2:50; Daisy Russell (2), trial 2:52. 

"His stud companion, Counsellor, is without doubt the hand- 
somest horse standing in the stud to-day, his sire being the great 
Onward, record 2:25J, acknowledged by all to be the best son 
of George Wilkes ; dam of the equally famous Crop, by Pilot, 
Jr. ; Crop is the dam of three and granddam of four in the 2:30 
list. Counsellor's colts all have that same grand carriage and 
bold way of going that attracts so much attention to him. His 
colts have won the Nebraska Breeders' Yearling and 2-year-old 
stakes in 1888, and the 2 and 3-year-old stakes in 1889, and four 
of his get are expected to enter the 2:30 list of the coming 
season. 



156 COMMERCIAL AND 

"As will be seen, five of the most prominent mares that are 
found in the pages of the stud books are found in the immediate 
ancestors of Alley Russell and Counsellor. They are Miss 
Russell and Crop, the great Pilot, Jr., mares, Woodbine, Dolly 
and Alley, who together have produced sixteen 2:30 performers. 

"These stallions are held in such great esteem by horsemen 
that not long since an offer of $35,000 was made for Counsellor, 
which was refused, as it would have been if made for Alley 
Russell. 

"Wilton, 2:19J, the half brother of Alley Russell, stands for 
$500 in Kentucky, as does the sire of Counsellor, Onward. 

"The lovers of fine horses should not forget the fact that here 
at their very doors is this pair of stallions that stand for $100, 
and limited to sixty mares for the season. It gives our citizens 
a bona-fide opportunity to improve their stock at, what must be 
known to all, is a mere nominal expenditure. A visit to the 
farm and a sight of the beautiful animals will well repay all ad- 
mirers of the horse, and from my experience can say that all 
will receive a right royal welcome." 

Having enjoyed the hospitalities of the "Pate Farm," we 
cheerfully endorse the above and recommend a visit to all who 
desire to see the two most noted stallions in Missouri. 




F. C. BONSACK, Uuilder. 

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ARCHITECTURE. 



Architecture in St. Louis has undergone a great change in 
the last few years, and is rapidly developing into modern and 
beautiful designs, giving elegance and esthetic effect to the city. 
On the business thoroughfares a large number of the dingy, 
dark and gloomy buildings that, but a few years since, com- 
pared favorably with the commercial architecture of sister cities 
at that time, has been removed and replaced with grand com- 
mercial palaces, towering to an altitude of eight, nine and ten 
stories above the sidewalk. 

They are of the latest styles of architecture, diversified in de- 
sign, material and construction, from the hands of skillful archi- 
tects giving the streets a pleasing and picturesque facade, with 
enough harmony to render the effect grand, and yet enough in- 
dividuality in the different properties to avoid the monotony so 
prevalent in nearly all other cities. 

The straight flat fronts of brick work with square openings 
and stone lintels, and the vast facades of cut stone pierced with 
tiers of narrow openings, crowned with heavy projecting cor- 
nices that were considered fine a few years ago, are rapidly 
giving way to massive commercial structures of imposing archi- 
ture built of enduring granite, in bold heavy outlines with 
carved ornamentation, trimmed with cold rolled copper to ever 
grow richer by the coloration of time, and lighted through 
shapely, well-proportioned, polished, plate-glass windows, set 
deep back into the walls, giving a rich and solid effect. 

The mercantile buildings that were but recently constructed 
with thin board floors on light pine joists, are now superseded 



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by substantial heavy timbered floors on massive beams, stirruped 
on strong girders, rendering the buildings not only solid and 




J. B. Legg, Architect— The Oriel Building— Chemical Bank. 

substantial, but slow of combustion, thereby confining fires to 
the story in which they originate, until they can be controlled 
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ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 159 

The stereotyped five-story front office building of the city, 
heated with snapping steam coils, and served with direct pres- 
sure power hoists, called elevators, have now passed into our 
city's youthful history as relics of rickety fire traps, and their 
places are supplied by palatial office buildings of strictly fire- 
proof construction, finished in polished hard-wood with marble 
wainscoting and tile floors, heated and ventilated with low pres- 
sure steam, and served with magnificent, smoothly working, 
rapid elevators, rendering the top floor as desirable as the first 
story. 

The modern dwellings, bordering miles and miles of the 
fashionale residence streets, are unique and esthetic in design, 
picturesque and attractive in appearance and palatial in arrange- 
ment, with wide square reception halls, containing wide open 
fire places and broad easy platform stairs recessed into bays or 
towers and lighted through large windows set over the plat- 
forms, rising into two stories through ballustered curb string 
openings and glassed with rich colored opalescent glass studded 
with cut jewels. 

On the first floor the reception hall, library, sitting room, 
music room and dining room, are all coupled together through 
sliding doors and open ornamental porteried arches, rendering 
the entire area of the building susceptible of being thrown to- 
gether on swell occasions. 

These dwellings, with their high basements, low stories, wide 
porches, tall, peaked, slate roofs terminating in cold rolled 
copper finials saddling the hip and blending in with the orna- 
mental ridge crestings and relieved with sharp, scroll moulded 
gables, semi-circular copper dormers and round towers, termin- 
ating in bell-shaped spires and minuet tops crowning the circular 
bays, constructed with gray stone base, press brick walls, granite 
steps, red stone sills, stone faced arches, terra cotta trimmings 
and flat ornamental cornices, all in the most modern architectural 
designs, every one dissimilar and yet pleasing and picturesque 
in outline, rick and elegant in detail and deversified in material, 
give a pleasing effect unsurpassed in modern architecture. 



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We are indebted to Architect J. B. Legg, author of this in- 
teresting essay on the architecture of the city, for the above. 

Paulus & Williamson Architectural Co., Fagin Build- 
ing, 810 Olive Street.— The well-known firm of Paulus & Wil- 
liamson has been established for three years, and during that 
time has done much to adorn and beautify St. Louis with hand- 
some and well-constructed buildings. Sometime ago, in order 




Charles R. Greene, Architect— Residence in Westmoreland Place. 

to better care for their increasing business, they became incor- 
porated under the style of the Paulus & Williamson Architectural 
Co. Under the new arrangement they will be much better pre- 
pared to attend to all business entrusted to them. Mr. Paulus 
is President, and Mr. Williamson Secretary of the Company. 
They are prepared to furnish estimates, plans and specifications 
on buildings of all kinds. Messrs. Paulus and Williamson are 
experts in their business ; they are practical mechanics, and de- 




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vote their whole attention to orders entrusted to their care. The 
Paulus & Williamson Architectural Co. will be conducted on 
the same principles that have made the old firm so successful, 
the change is only in firm name, the same honest, reliable and 
skillful men are in control. As an evidence of what they have 




Adler & Sullivan, Chicago, and Chas. K. Ramsey, St. Louis, Achitects 

done and can do, they refer to A. J. Naughton, W. J. Bergfeld, 
S. S. Harkness, Thos. K. Kennedy, Farrar & Tate, Robt. 
Cornell, J. W. Schmees, Mrs. Harriet B. Vining, W. H. Willis, 
Fred. Fisher, Frank Warenhoff, Matthews & Lafferty, and 
many others. Call and see them and get their figures. They 
will treat you right and insure satisfaction. 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 1G3 

L. Cass Miller, Architect, Laclede Building. Mr. Miller 
was the architect of this building, Clarence O'Fallon's residence 
in Normandy, and many other of our buildings and residences. 
Mr. Miller thoroughly understands his business and is prepared 
at all times to furnish plans and figures to those contemplating 
building. 

Grable & Weber, Architects, 509 Olive Street, are one of 
our most successful architectural concerns. They have erected 
some of our most beautiful residences, as will be seen by this 
list: Thos. H. West, West Moreland Place ; E. A. Hitchcock, 
Vandeventer Place ; D. D. Walker, Vandeventer Place ; E. C. 
Wickham, Vandeventer Place ; H. N. Davis, Vandeventer 
Place; J. C. Sommerville, West Moreland Place; James Taus- 
sig, Washington Avenue, near Grand ; Meyer Bauman, West 
Pine Street; L. L. Hull, Forest Park Boulevard; Hubertes 
Schotten, West Pine Street; Jonathan Rice, West Pine Street; 
Geo. F. Tower, Grand and Lafayette Avenues ; Given Campbell, 
Lafayette and Jefferson Avenues ; James H. Allen, Forest Park 
Terrace ; Valley Reyburn, Lindell Boulevard, and hundreds of 
others. 

Charles K. Ramsey, Architect, 509 Chestnut Street, built 
the Houser Building, and is now putting up the Wainwright 
Building. He has erected some of our finest residences, and 
has a fine reputation as a safe and reliable man. 

Mr. T. William Raeder, the architect, whose office is lo- 
cated in the Equitable building, is well represented in this work 
by the illustration of the beer elevator recently constructed by 
him for the Schwartz Bros. Commission Company. Mr. 
Raeder makes a specialty of the erection of grain elevators, 
breweries and other large manufacturing plants. 



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THE LACLEDE GAS LIGHT CO. 



The Laclede Gas Light Company was organized under a 
special charter granted by the Legislature of Missouri, and com- 
menced supplying gas to a portion of the City of St. Louis in 
June, 1873. Previous to that time the price charged for gas by 
the St. Louis Gas Light Company was $4.50 per thousand feet. 
In 1873 the rate was reduced to $3.25, which was subsequently 
reduced to $3.00, then to $2.50, to $1.50, and on January 1st, 
1890, to $1.18|net. 

On the expiration of the charter of the St. Louis Gas Light 
Company, January 1st, 1890, the Laclede purchased the property 
of that Company, and in a short time afterwards the property of 
the St. Louis Gas, Fuel & Power Co. In May, 1891, it pur- 
chased the plants of the Municipal Lighting Power Co., and of 
the Missouri Electric Light & Power Co., and is now furnishing 
all the gas sold in the City of St. Louis. 

Its capital was originally $1,200,000, afterwards increased to 
$1,600,000, to $2,500,000, and at present to $7,500,000 of com- 
mon stock and $2,500,000 in preferred 5 per cent stock. 

The Supreme Court of the State has on several occasions pro- 
nounced on the validity of the charter of the Company, which 
is now unquestioned by any one ; while the charter gives the 
Company the right to regulate its own affairs and fix the price 
it shall charge for gas, many of these privileges have been modi- 
fied by a contract with the City, which will continue in force for 
thirty years from January 1st, 1890. The maximum price for 
gas during that time is $1.18^ net. 



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It has always been the policy of the Company to furnish gas 
at the lowest possible price which will afford a reasonable profit 
on the business, and it hopes, therefore, that as the sales in- 
crease the present rate of $1.18§ may be considerably reduced. 

In addition to supplying illuminating gas at the rate named, it 
is now furnishing a good article of fuel gas at forty cents per 
thousand feet net. This fuel gas is conveyed by a separate sys- 
tem of street mains extending over about twenty-five miles of 
streets, and the Company proposes to extend this special line of 
pipe as fast as the demand for fuel gas will warrant. 

The Company is also supplying railway cars with a com- 
pressed oil gas, made under the Pintsch system, whereby the 
cars are brilliantly lighted and at a small cost. 

The present capacity of the works of this Company amounts 
to about five million feet of illuminating gas per day, or 1,500,- 
000,000 per annum. When the sales reach these figures the 
price per 1000 feet will be much lower than it is at present. 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 167 



REAL ESTATE. 



The fact that St. Louis has never been given to wild specula- 
tion in real estate, but, on the contrary, has always displayed a 
general and deep interest in the development and improvement 
of property has rendered this one of the best markets in the 
country for buying as well as loan investments. 

The Globe-Democrat in its annual review of January 1, 1891, 
says : 

"The year 1890 was the "blue ribbon" year to owners of 
real estate. The sales have been large, prices uniformly good, 
and investors generally satisfied with their bargains. Although 
in conservative St. Louis there is no "boom," so to speak, as 
investors, in a great measure, buy to build, and make a careful 
survey of the surroundings before purchasing, often taking 
months to make their selections, thus making a steady demand 
at upward prices. The immense increase of sales in suburban 
property have been caused by rapid transit, as people now can 
live four miles out and get in town as soon as thev could in 
former times when they were only two. The enterprise of our 
surface railways in this matter is highly to be commended. 

There is probably no city in the Union where the character of 
real estate dealers stands higher than it does here, thus causing 
the word of a dealer being often taken in transactions with 
buyers who live away. Sales of property will undoubtedly be 
stimulated this year by the building of the new depot, the finish- 
ing of the Merchants' Terminal, the Burlington's coming in in 
the northern part of the city, and the erection of numerous manu- 



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ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 169 

facturing plants, the owners of which contemplate making 
St. Louis their home. It would be inviduous in a general article 
to mention any particular property, as there are splendid build- 
ing sites from Carondelet to Bremen, and west as far as the eye 
can reach. In factory sites the river front, and back four or five 
blocks, the Mill Creek Valley, and the property between Seven- 
teenth and Twenty-third, for a mile in length, give splendid 
facilities for shipping and switching. Another point that adds 
much to our suburban property is the beautiful parks and boule- 
vards laid out within the past few years, and their ease of 
access." 

Now, that business is thriving, real estate is in demand ; the 
merchant wants a palatial store, the manufacturer requires larger 
buildings and a large class of thrifty industrious people, wage 
earners in comfortable circumstances, are desirous to own their 
own homes. 

Speculation in grain or stocks is hazardous. Mercantile busi- 
ness frequently meets w T ith reverses, and stocks become unsalable 
and vanish into the air, but no matter how low property may go 
it still remains, and when the panic pressure is removed is 
always the first commodity to advance in value. 

St. Louis has to-day, in proportion to its population, a larger 
percentage of taxpayers than any city in the United States, and 
the taxes are proportionately as low. 

Persons interested in real estate will read with interest the 
chapter in this work on the Street Railways. 

The following are leading real estate firms : 

Greenwood & Co., Real Estate Dealers, rooms 307 and 308 
Bank of Commerce Building, 421 Olive Street. This firm, 
composed of Moses M. Greenwood & Son, have had a phenome- 
nal success in managing large deals in realty for the past five 
years. Among the most notable are the sale of the old Benton 
farm, 750 acres, to a Virginia syndicate : the Sutton homestead 
to an English syndicate for $250,000 ; Pope's subdivision of 123 
acres, in the northern part of the city; Hillside subdivision in 
the western part of the city; Chamberlain Park: the entire 



170 COMMERCIAL AND 

Gamble tract to a local syndicate for $1G5,000. Had charge of 
a large portion of the purchase of the Merchants' Bridge & 
Terminal Co., and latterly in subdividing and handling the 
Greenwood tract, which bids fair to be one of their greatest 
successes. 

St. Louis is largely indebted to our real estate agents for the 
increased demand for suburban property, and no firm has done 
more to "boom" it than Greenwood & Co. 

Albert Wenzlick, investigator of titles, conveyancer, no- 
tary public and agent for the safe investment of money, 818 
Chestnut street. This concern w T as organized in 1877 by George 
Wenzlick, and in the year 1885 the present proprietor became 
a partner. Since the death of his brother he has successfully 
carried on the business. He has a large number of abstracts 
and reliable indexes, and is able to turn out examinations at 
short notice. In addition to this he makes out deeds, chattel 
mortgages, contracts, wills, power of attorneys and all other 
legal documents. Those confiding business into his hands are 
sure to be pleased. 

HAZELWOOD. 

This beautiful suburb is situated on the St. Louis & San 
Francisco Railroad, about eight miles from the Union Depot. 
It is admirably situated for the homes of clerks and salesmen. 
The railroads furnish transportation to and from the city that is 
not excelled by any other locality. The location is everything 
that could be desired when considered from a health standpoint. 
It is situated on the crown of a hill that gives a beautiful view 
of the city and the surroundings, and renders the air dry and 
healthful. In this respect it has not a peer. St. Louis, which 
is famed for the beautiful suburbs, has none that equals Hazel- 
wood in the brightness of its sunshine, the dryness and purity 
of its air, the beauty of its landscape and its perfect adaptability 
for promoting health in the delicate and preserving it in the 
robust. The children have abundant room to romp and play 
with all the abandon of childish vigor. Choice residence lots 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 171 

are now offered the public for from $5.00 to $12.00 per foot — 
$10.00 cash and $10.00 per month, until fully paid. Every 
young man expects at some time to get married ; why then 
should he not give some thought to the subject of securing a 
home for his prospective bride ? Time was when the newly 
made wife was satisfied if her new lord and master was able to 
furnish a table, bedstead, and a few chairs, all huddled together 
in a single room. But, young man, if you think the girl you 
expect to make your bride will accept any such scanty provision, 
you will waken some bright morning to find that you have been 
hugging a delusion. Our girls are made of better stuff and 
they take it for granted that the young men are. When they 
contemplate getting married they take it for granted that the 
honeymoon will be spent in a nice home with visions of roses 
and honeysuckles in the yard. The internal arrangements need 
not be expensive, but everything must be comfortable and com- 
plete. Carpets, curtains, counterpanes and pictures must be a 
part of the furniture. All of these things entail a considerable 
expense, and necessitate considerable planning and forethought. 
If, therefore, you intend to marry and enjoy the only life worth 
living, with the girl of your choice, I would urge you to begin 
preparations, and that at once. Buy one of those beautiful lots 
at Hazelwood. Ten dollars a month will pay for it, and when 
it is done you will be happy. Do you smoke ? Have you ever 
considered that the money you spend for cigars will pay for a 
lot ? Here is the arithmetic of it : seven cigars per day at five 
cents each for 31 days is $10.35, which amounts to a little more 
than the payment necessary to secure a lot, together with the 
other joys enumerated above. 

Jxo. Byrne, Jr. & Co., 618 Chestnut Street. This is the 
oldest real estate firm in St. Louis. It was founded in 1840 by 
the late John Byrne, Jr., and in 1890 completed the fiftieth year 
of its existence. In 1865 Mr. Byrne's son-in-law, Francis L. 
Haydel, entered the firm, and in 1879, the latter's son, Harry 
L. Haydel, began his apprenticeship to the real estate business, 
under the most experienced of teachers. For fifty years Jno. 



172 COMMERCIAL AND 

Byrne, Jr. & Co., now the Messrs. Haydel, have been recognized 
as the largest rent collecting agency west of Philadelphia. 
Their last year's business showed a total of 287 rent rolls, be- 
sides other and separate accounts of sales and loans, in both of 
which departments they have a large and increasing business 
proportioned to the growth of the city in recent years. The 
loan and sales business is looked after by Mr. H. L. Haydel, 
who is young and active, and possesses an extensive acquaint- 
ance among all classes of business men ; while his father, Mr. 
F. L. Haydel, gives his attention to the care and administration 
of property, making leases, keeping a careful eye on the main- 
tenance of improved property, etc. They buy and sell real 
estate, improved and unimproved ; collect rents, make loans, 
pay taxes and other public charges, appraise property, and do a 
general notarial business, including the taking of depositions. 
A special feature of their business is the large Eastern clientage 
of the firm, investing and lending money for this class, and col- 
lecting the rents of property which non-residents are not them- 
selves able to look after. Their books show over fifty accounts 
of non-residents owning property in St. Louis City and County. 
Chas. H. Gleason & Co., real estate dealers, 720 Chestnut 
Street. Improved and unimproved real estate bought and sold, 
including both business and residence properties. Leases 
effected, titles examined, rents collected and loans negotiated. 
Special attention given to acre property near the city ; subdivi- 
sions platted and managed in the interest of purchasers. At- 
tention given to East St. Louis property. Also, mineral, 
timber, farm and other lands handled. In this department are 
included improved farms ; timber tracts embracing all the varie- 
ties of timber, for commercial use; also coal, iron, phosphate, 
asphaltum, marble, lead, zinc and building stone lands. These 
lands are for sale in large or small bodies, having as high as 
200,000 acres in single surveys. Each department of our busi- 
ness is in the hands of competent parties, who give prompt at- 
tention to all matters confided to our care. Correspondence 
solicited. 



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Rutledge cY, Kilpatrick, successors to S. D. Porter Si Co. 
Claude Kilpatrick and Robert Rutledge, 720 Pine Street, real 
estate and house agents ; negotiators of loans ; special attention 
given to the collection of rents. This is one of the oldest firms 
in the city, having an existence of nearly half a century. The 
firm is at present composed of Mr. Robert Rutledge and Claude 
Kilpatrick, who are young men of unlimited energy. Mr. Kil- 
patrick has been in the firm for nearly seven years, and has been 
favorably known here all his life. 

The Turner Building— a Modern Office Building. The 
Turner building, on Eighth Street, between Olive and Locust, 
is one of the most solidly constructed and perfect, from an artistic 
and architectural standpoint, that has been erected in St. Louis 
during the past decade. We present a splendid engraving of it 
herewith, from which the reader can gain an idea of its beauty 
and striking proportions. 

The foundations upon which the structure rests are sixteen 
feet deep, and the footing courses under the walls are of con- 
crete three feet thick. The front is of brown sandstone, known 
as the Kibby brown stone, and presents a rich, massive and 
harmonious appearance, while severe tests have proven it invul- 
nerable to the action of the elements. This stone is used in the 
first two stories, after which stock brick and brown stone sills, 
caps and molded brick jambs have been used. 

Simplicity instead of profuse ornamentation has been followed 
out throughout, and the result was a building which combines 
severe simplicity with a massive and noble grace, which makes 
it one of the most striking features in the architecture of this 

citv» ., , 

The interior is finished in marble and iron, while the upper 

stories are reached by means of two first-class quick elevators 
and easy graduated staircases. 

The offices are elegantly finished and are arranged singly and 
en suite to suit the requirements of the tenants, who are made 
up of real estate, financial, insurance and mercantile agents, 
mining companies, railway and government departments, maim- 




Turner Building, on Eighth Street, between Olive and Locust Streets. 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 175 

facturers' offices, attorneys, etc. Most of the offices are occu- 
pied, but a few are still vacant, which will be let to desirable 
parties. 

It is located in one of the city's choicest business quarters, 
facing the U. S. Custom House and Post Office, with cable and 
horse car lines at its very doors. 

There is not a better arranged or more popular office building 
in the city, and none are occupied by a better class of tenants. 

This representative building is the property of the Turner 
Real Estate & Building Association, and is the pioneer of 
modern fire-proof office buildings in the city. 

Charles H. Turner & Co., 304 N. Eighth street. This 
firm has been established for a quarter of a century, and has 
during that time made some of the largest real estate deals ever 
made in the West. The firm is composed of the brothers Chas. 
H. & Thos. T. Turner ; they are to the manor born and their 
father before them, "Major Turner," was largely interested in 
financial institutions, so that they come naturally to the business. 
Their integrity is undoubted and estates intrusted to them are sure 
of being handled in the proper manner. They conduct a general 
real estate business ; but their principal business, and to which 
they pay the most particular attention, is to the management of 
large estates, they having in charge many most valuable ones. 
Being large property owners themselves, and having the manage- 
ment of so much valuable realty for others, they are thoroughly 
identified with the interest in all its features. 

Joseph H. Tiernan, who has succeeded to the business of 
Lancaster & Tiernan, continues at the old stand, No. 202 X. 
Eighth street. Mr. Tiernan makes a specialty of loans, and is 
prepared to negotiate them up to any amount. Mr. Tiernan' s 
well-known qualifications for the real estate business and his 
sterling integrity, his numerous friends and business application, 
will undoubtedly increase his fortunes materially. Mr. Tiernan 
attends to the collection of rents, makes advances on estates in 
his charge, and does a general real estate and collection busi- 
ness. Mr. Tiernan also founded the Security Loan & Building 



176 COMMERCIAL AND 

Association, and is its Secretary, whose stock is now valued at 
$130.00 per share, a tribute to his business foresight, and one of 
the most successful companies ever organized. Mr. Tiernan is 
also a Notary Public, so that people transacting business in his 
office will not have to go outside. 

Chas. F. Vogel, 716 Chestnut street. The name of this 
energetic and enterprising agent, is well and favorably known in 
this community, Mr. Vogel having been in public life for over 
twenty years, holding many positions of honor and trust, lastly 
that of clerk of our five circuit courts for two terms. Tiring of 
political life about four years ago, Mr. Vogel embarked in the 
real estate business, in which he has been eminently successful, 
and by his industry, honesty, integrity and untiring devotion to 
duty, has built up a large and lucrative busines. His time is 
well occupied with transactions in the various branches of the 
real estate business, buying and selling real estate, managing 
large estates and the loaning out of funds. While doing a large 
business in real estate in all parts of the city and suburbs, he has 
done much to bring the long neglected South End of our city to 
the front, where prop.erty is now selling at remunerative prices. 
Any business entrusted to Mr. Vogel receives his personal at- 
tention and careful consideration of the interests of his clients. 

TITLE INVESTIGATORS. 

Woerheide & Garrell — Investigators of Titles — 612 Chest- 
nut street, are experienced and reliable Title Investigators and 
Notaries Public. Their title index affords a complete and com- 
prehensive history of all lands within the City and County of St. 
Louis, which enables them to execute all orders for the examina- 
tion and furnishing abstracts and certificates of title with dis- 
patch coupled with accuracy and reliability. 

Drawing of deeds, leases, wills, and other legal and technical 
instruments of writing are carefully attended to. In addition to 
this, probate and other court matters in relation to real estate will 
receive their prompt attention. Special and general taxes and 
assessments attended to, and all information in relation to them 



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given. Money loaned on real estate at a low rate of interest : 
also money safely invested. 

This firm has a reputation of undoubted reliability, and parties 
trusting business into their charge will find them quick, honest 
and safe. 

Lewis & Hall, Investigators of Titles to Real Estate, Con- 
veyancers, etc, 714 Chestnut Street. This firm is composed of 
Henry E. Lewis and Cyrus Hall, men who have had an experi- 
ence of twenty years in the business they have also been the 
examiners for the City of St. Louis for the past four years, 
which, of itself, goes to show that such weighty matters as a 
city has would not be intrusted to tyros or men who were not 
fully up to their business. They have books and plats to every 
inch of ground in the City and the County of St. Louis from 
the French and Spanish concessions. They run from 1796 to 
1880. Another important feature of this firm is that they do 
their own work, employ no one, and as their personal attention 
is given to everything in their office, one can be assured of its 
correctness. They draw all kinds of legal documents, etc. As 
their work is done promptly and correctly their business is con- 
stantly on the increase. People having anything in their line 
will do well to call on them. 

HOUSE BUILDING COMPANIES. 

The St. Louis Mutual House Building Company. This 
company is the oldest building association in the city, having 
been organized over thirty years ago, and it was the first to in- 
troduce the system in the West. It is now in its third series, 
and since the establishment of Company No. 3 has built 
over 600 houses, and has added millions to the taxable wealth 
of the city. Its members are principally men of small means, 
engaged in moderate business operations, and a few liberal 
capitalists, who have placed their money at the disposal of the 
company, to be used at a moderate interest for the benefit of 
the association. This association builds for the owner of a lot 
such a house as may be required, he returning the money in 

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178 COMMERCIAL AND 

monthly installments, equivalent to 10 per cent, per annum of 
the principal, 8 per cent, interest per annum on the deferred 
payments or unpaid principal. To illustrate : on an indebted- 
ness of $1,000 the borrower must return $8.33 per month of said 
indebtedness, which is the one-twelfth part of $100 — 10 per cent, 
of principal : he must also pay $6.66 interest first month which is 
the twelfth part of $80 — 8 per cent, per annum on $1,000. 
Each month, as the principal decreases, the interest grows less, 
so that at the end of the first year it is reduced to $6.05 per 
month. The total payments for the first year will be $176.30, 
and each succeeding year they are lessened by the diminishing 
interest about $8 — the second year being $168.30, the third year 
$160.30, and so on, in ten years the whole principal has been 
returned, and the house paid for. 

This company also purchases houses, or makes loans on 
houses already built, provided the real estate be unincumbered, 
and the charges in this case are moderate, the mode of payment 
being the same as on houses built by the company, in monthly 
payments. 

The officers and directors are: Sam'l Simmons, President: 
John A. Becker, Vice-President ; Hugo Kromrey, Secretary ; 
Ed. Mortimer, Superintendent ; Fred. A. Wislizenus, Counsel- 
lor; G. W. Chadbourne, E. T. Howard, Wm. Koenig, F. E. 
Zelle, Geo. Schlosstein, John Maguire, John H. Krippen. 

CIVIL ENGINEERS. 

J. G. Joyce & Sons, Civil Engineers and Surveyors. — The 
importance of a thoroughly practical, as well as a theoretical 
engineer, cannot be underestimated by those who have business 
of that kind to be done. This is what Mr. John G. Joyce is, as 
can be testified to by hundreds who have business dealings with 
him. He came here from New York, where he was principal 
engineer with Charles B. Stewart. This giving him a thorough 
experience into the details of the business, he moved to St. 
Louis in 1865, and became an assistant in the City Engineer's 



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office, thus becoming thoroughly conversant with the divisions 
and subdivisions of property in this city, which has been of 
immense advantage to his customers, as he can, at short notice, 
give them all the information they desire about city property. 




J. G. Joyce. 



He made the only accurate surveys of the Mississippi River, 
under Col. Merrill, in 1869. Was an assistant engineer of the 
Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1869, and assistant engineer on the 
K. P. Railroad in 1870, principal assistant engineer on the St. 
L. & Ft. Scott Railroad in 1871, chief engineer of the Carbon- 
dale & Shawneetown Railroad in 1871, chief engineer Big 
Sandy Valley Railroad in 1872, superintendent St. Louis Parks 



180 COMMERCIAL AND 

in 1876, and civil engineer St. Louis Harbor from 1876 to 1883. 
Since then Mr. Joyce has devoted himself to the practice of 
his profession on his own account. His work includes the lay- 
ing out of Hyde Park, the Forest Park race track, Normandy 
Heights, Highland Park, etc., in fact our space is too limited to 
enumerate his numerous surveys. Mr. Joyce has his two sons 
in business with him, and the firm is highly endorsed by such 
eminent engineers of world-wide reputation as Henry Flad, 
Thos. J. Whitman, C. Sholer Smith and R. R. Powell, and by 
such citizens as Erastus Wells, Jno. B. Maude, D. R. Garrison 
and the real estate men generally. 



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MERCANTILE AND MANUFACTURING IN- 
TERESTS. 



The year of 1890 was notably prosperous for all branches of 
trade in St. Louis. Greatly increased business in all lines is re- 
ported and a perusal of the "Annual Statement of the Trade and 
Commerce of St. Louis" by Geo. H. Morgan, Secretary of the 
Merchants' Exchange, affords mighty interesting reading to all 
interested in the welfare and progress of our city. 

The total amount of freight handled by the various railroad 
and steamboat lines centering at St. Louis, during the year was 
16,505,733 tons, an increase of 1,596,290 tons over 1889. 

The report of the post office, always an indubitable evidence 
of a city's advance or decline, shows an increase of revenue of 
12.37 per cent. The amount in weight of mail matter origina- 
ting and dispatched from St. Louis was, in round numbers, 
13,000,000 pounds, and the amount delivered in St. Louis de- 
monstrates a phenomenal increase over the preceding year. 

The clearing house reports and the returns from all other 
sources indicative of the progress or decline of business are more 
than encouraging, and St. Louis each succeeding years adds to 
her solidity, and confirms her right to the title of the metropolis of 
the great West. A brief synopsis of what has been done in the 
principal branches of trade is all that our space allows : 

The amount of grain handled, as shown by statistics in Mr. 
Morgan's report, places St. Louis in the second place among the 
receiving markets of the country. She is also steadily coming 
to the front as an exporter, shipments to Europe via Xew 
Orleans being frequent. 



182 COMMERCIAL AND 

In manufactured tobacco we stand at the head of the trade. 
The output for 1890 was over 52,000,000 pounds. 

In groceries the jobbing trade alone sold to the amount of 
$79,000,000. Manufacturers of goods in this line sold direct 
to country dealers fully as much more. 

The breweries of St. Louis ship their product to all parts of 
the world. The amount of beer manufactured here in 1890 was 
1,856,883 barrels. The brewing and distilling interests of St. 
Louis represent an invested capital of $35,000,000. 

As a dry goods market St. Louis is not far behind New York, 
while in boots and shoes, clothing, drugs, hardware, hats and 
caps, saddlery and harness, wood and willow ware, she ranks 
among the leading cities, and is striding rapidly to the front 
place. 

St. Louis is western headquarters for agricultural machinery 
and implements, and vehicles of all kinds, and is recognized as 
such by the entire territory tributary to her. In lumber, furni- 
ture, iron and steel, paper for all purposes and printers' supplies, 
bagging, cotton, wool, hides, and the thousand and one other 
articles that constitute the trade and commerce of a great city, 
St. Louis vies successfully with the prominent cities of both 
continents, and every year brings her nearer to the van. Yet a 
few years, and here in the grandest valley of the world, she will 
be hailed as the queen of inland cities and a marvel to future 
generations of commercial and manufacturing success. 

SASH, DOORS, ETC. 

Huttig Sash and Door Company, manufacturers of and 
wholesale dealers in sash, doors, blinds, glazed windows, 
moulding, wooden gutters, screen doors, etc. Stairwork a 
specialty, office Main and Dock streets. 

One of the most noteworthy branches of the manufacturing 
business that goes toward making up a manufacturing city is 
the sash, door and blind industry. The prosperity of this 
branch of trade is interlinked with the prosperity and advance- 
ment of the community, and is plainly indicative thereof. 



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183 



There are numerous factories of this class in the city, but we 
desire to make special mention of the Huttig Sash and Door 
Company, who are well and favorably known in this city and 
throughout the entire West and South, in which they do an 
extensive business. The main office of the Huttig Company is 
located at Dock and Main streets, where they have a large 




C H. Huttig. 



three-story brick warehouse, covering nearly a block and com- 
pletely stocked with goods of their manufacture. The country 
business is handled from this office, while the city office and 
manufacturing department is located at Tenth and Mullanphy 
streets, the factory and yard occupying an entire block. The 
two offices are manned by a clerical force of fourteen. Besides 



184 COMMERCIAL AND 

the investments at St. Louis, which amounts to over a quarter of 
million dollars, the Huttigs have a large factory at Muscatine, 
la., where they employ upwards of five hundred men. Also an 
extensive jobbing and manufacturing plant at Kansas City, at 
which point they are known as the "Western Sash and Door 
Company," and two branch houses at St. Joseph, Mo., and 
Wichita, Kan., calling into use a capital of about one million 
dollars. Mr. C. H. Huttig, who is at the head of the St. 
Louis house, and whose portrait accompanies this sketch, is 
well known not only in the financial and commercial circles of 
St. Louis, but in the Western and Southern territory. He is 
one of the progressive young men who have done so much in 
the past five years toward bringing St. Louis out of her sleep- 
ing condition to her present prosperous activity. He is a mem- 
ber of the St. Louis Mercantile, Germania and Informal Clubs ; 
is a director in one of the largest banks here, the Third 
National, and is interested in various other enterprises. Mr. 
Huttig has been repeatedly mentioned by his friends for politi- 
cal positions, but has thus far declined to allow his name to be 
used. It is said, however, that his ambition inclines that way, 
but his business interests do not admit of a division of his time. 
Mr. Huttig' s aversion to so-called puffs precludes any lengthy 
article regarding him, and as most of our readers are acquainted 
with him, either personally or by reputation, suffice it to say 
that St. Louis is justly proud of her young business men, 
among whom Mr. Huttig is distinctly one of the leaders. 

Crescent Planing Mill Company. — Mills on Ninth, be- 
tween Dock and Buchanan streets. This company was organ- 
ized in 1890, with R. J. Humber as President, Thos. Thomsen, 
Secretary, and T. H. McMahon, as Vice-President, and manu- 
factures sash, doors, blinds and mouldings, and does general 
mill work. They make a special feature of interior finish, 
which forms such an important feature of modern mill work, 
and as the president is a practical man, who has served his time 
at the work he is doing, it will always be found to come out of 
the mill in first-class shape. Their plant is 200 by 134 feet, two 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 18;") 

stories in height. They have an engine of 250-horse power, and 
give employment to 150 hands. Since their foundation the work 
has come in to them so fast that they were obliged to double 
their capacity. They have secured the work on the new Globe- 
Democrat building, did the work for the Oriel building, Broad- 
way cable houses, O'Neil Opera House at Kearney, Neb., 
Dillon (Mont.) Banking House, Hagen's new opera house, and 
many others. 

Henry Gaus & Sons Manufacturing Co., 2100 to 2130 
North Main street, from Madison to Clinton streets. This busi- 
ness was started by Mr. Henry Gaus in 1863. In 1879 Henry 
Gaus, Jr., became his father's partner. In 1884 the mill was 
destroyed by fire, but the firm replaced it by a larger one at 
the southeast corner of Main and Clinton streets. In 1885 the 
present company was incorporated. The premises owned and 
occupied by the company now consist of two story factories 
covering an area of 240x130 feet with large lumber yards. The 
factories are completely equipped with all the necessary plant 
and machinery to manufacture doors, frames, sash, blinds, 
mouldings, interior furnishings, and general planing mill work, 
packing boxes, etc. Among the many buildings into which 
their work has entered we specify the residences of Messrs. 
Winkelmeyer, Robt. Brookings, Judge Valliant, Judge Withrow 
and Frank Farrar. They have recently added ready made or 
sectional houses to their output, and are prepared to ship them 
in any quantity, either to the trade, contractors, or persons de- 
siring them. A catalogue will be furnished on application. 

The present officers of the company are: H. Gaus, Jr., 
President; Fred. J. Gaus, Vice-President and Treasurer, and 
J. H. Ahrens, Secretary. 

bricks. 

The Hydraulic-Press Brick Company. — Only within a 

few years have the demands of architects for fine high-grade 

brick been fully met. Eastern manufacturers were unable to 

supply the wants of customers outside of a very limited area, 



18G COMMERCIAL AND 

because of the slow and tedious methods adopted by them. The 
old tempered clay process, handed down from generation to 
generation, necessarily dependent upon season and weather and 
skilled workmen, long ago became inadequate for the rapidly 
growing West. 

The method of manufacturing bricks by what is known as the 
"dry clay" process was first successfully introduced by the 
Hydraulic-Press Brick Co., of St. Louis. It is not the intention 
to give a history of the company, which encountered the usual 
difficulties of prejudice and opposition which confronts every 
new system by which labor is saved and better results obtained. 
Suffice it to say that all obstacles were met and overcome, and 
to-day the hydraulic "dry clay" method is acknowledged 
throughout the country to be the best. 

The Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. now operates in St. Louis 
six large works, with a total capacity of 80,000,000 common and 
20,000,000 fine pressed front and molded bricks. The ground 
occupied by their yards comprises 220 acres. 

In addition to their red brick business they manufacture large 
quantities of buff, brown, grey and granite solid colored bricks, 
which are in great demand in all the large cities, and which can- 
not be obtained of the same even quality elsewhere. 

So great has been the demand for the dry clay red bricks, that 
the company has been compelled to established works at Kansas 
City, Mo., Omaha, Neb., Chicago, Washington, D. C, Phila- 
delphia, Findley and Toledo, Ohio, and Collinsville, 111. 

The combined output of all the companies is now 230,000,000 
bricks per annum. 

The offices of the company are in the Odd-Fellows' Building, 
St. Louis, and the officers are: E. C. Sterling, President; J. 
H. Clark, Vice-President ; H. W. Eliot, Secretary and Treas- 
urer ; Louis Chauvenet, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer ; W. 
N. Graves, Superintendent; Jno. B. Thompson, Assistant Su- 
perintendent. 



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TERRA COTTA. 



The Winkle Terra Cotta Company, 1121 Market St. — 
In the line of building materials terra cotta work excels them 
all. It is as durable as stone and much cheaper, absolutely fire- 
proof, and can be made as ornamental as desired at a minimum 
of expense. In this connection it is pleasing to note we have in 
the Winkle Terra Cotta Co., office 1121 Market street, a firm 
that are manufacturing as fine a grade of terra cotta as was ever 
put on the market; they have an abundance of the best class, 
and capacity for turning out the largest orders with rapidity. 
In their modelling department they have the best talent money 
can secure. They have an extensive trade outside the city. Among 
their orders are calls from towns in Virginia and Oregon, and 
from the cities of New Orleans, St. Paul and Milwaukee, which 
illustrates the scope of their market. We would call the atten- 
tion of parties visiting this city to the work they are placing in 
the Wainwright building, going up on the corner of .Seventh 
and Chestnut streets. Visitors interested in this work are invited 
to visit their establishment, and are assured of a cordial recep- 
tion. 

GRANITOID. 

Granitoid. — Before 1880, St. Louis was notorious for its 
muddy streets and pavements. Since then street reconstruction 
has been rapidly progressing, so that now its streets are scarcely 
equalled by those of any city in the Union. The cost of these 
improvements was at first regarded as a hardship by the prop- 
erty owners, but now the former bitterest enemies of the im- 
provements admit their great value. Not only this, but all 
classes saw that the paving of the sidewalks needed similar 
improvement and change. Meetings were held and associa- 
tions were formed by the property owners along certain streets. 
These associations introduced ordinances for the reconstruction 
of the sidewalks along these streets. In this way one street 
after another, and even larger districts were rapidly improved. 
This improvement is still going on and extending, some by 



188 COMMERCIAL AND 

ordinance, some by simple consent of the property owners. 
The first of these improvements was by the Lindell Avenue 
property owners, who converted an obscure street into a boule- 
vard and laid fine wide granitoid walks from Grand avenue to 
Forest Park, a distance of two miles. Olive street from Fourth 
street to Grand avenue followed immediately after. At first the 
only reliable material known was stone flagging. This flagging 
came chiefly from Kansas and Ohio, although smaller quantities 
came from Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. Concrete paving 
had been used here and there about the city, but the great bulk 
of this material had failed to inspire property owners w T ith con- 
fidence. About this time a new process, with somewhat differ- 
ent ingredients had, however, come into some prominence ; this 
seemed to be in every way superior to all former processes, and 
the boldness and success of its application in trying localities at 
once called attention to its merits. P. M. Brunei", of the firm 
of P. M. Bruner & Co., had succeeded under the trade mark of 
Granitoid in demonstrating that this new material and process 
was calculated to supplant all other concrete pavements, and, 
indeed, all kinds of stone. In less than four years after its in- 
troduction it had supplanted stone, and stone companies, after 
a vain struggle, withdrew their agencies from the city. They 
could not compete with Granitoid even with their lower prices 
for natural stone. 

The chief ingredients of this paving are granite spalls from 
the Missouri granite quarries at Granitoid, Iron Co., Mo., finely 
crushed by powerful machinery, and genuine Portland cement. 
The first plant for crushing and preparing this raw material was 
put up by the inventor, P. M. Bruner, in connection with the 
Syenite Granite Co., in the year 1885. In 1886 this plant was 
removed to St. Louis. In 1890 there was crushed about 40,000 
tons of waste granite spalls, and the capital invested in this 
branch alone is $100,000. The granite quarries now have a 
profitable outlet for their waste ; the railroads of Missouri have 
a revenue of $25,000 to $35,000 yearly, from this source in 
hauling the waste a distance of 90 to 100 miles to St. Louis. 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 189 

Most of the crushed granite is used in St. Louis, but smaller, 
constantly increasing quantities are being shipped to surrounding 
towns in Illinois and Missouri, some going east as far as Indiana, 
some to Tennessee, and some to Kansas. It is estimated that 
1,500,000 square feet of granitoid paving was laid in St. Louis 
last year. It is the only material now specified by the Board of 
Public Improvements, and is the only material acceptable to the 
citizens. Its application is very varied. The water works 
conduit, extending four miles from the water works, in the city, 
up to the Chain of Rocks, is lined with Granitoid. The new 
reservoir is to be lined with the same, the cellars of all first-class 
modern dwellings are laid with it, all first-class livery stables 
and private stables are paved with it throughout, in passage- 
ways, in stalls, in carriage house; some streets and private 
places are curbed and guttered with it ; the basement of the 
Cupples warehouses on Seventh and Poplar streets contain 
about two and a half acres of it, many private drives and a few 
down-town public alleys have been laid with it, and it has been 
recommended by the present street commissioner for trial on 
public streets. So far the verdict has been in favor of these 
extensions of its use. Each new application serves to emphasize 
its supereminent adaptation to its original application — foot- 
walks. The process has already spread beyond the confines of 
the city or state. Delegations, committees and individual in- 
vestigators come to St. Louis almost weekly, and Granitoid 
promises to become familiar throughout the Mississippi Valley. 

We add a few cuts which will help to illustrate some of the 
applications above mentioned. 

Fig. 1 illustrates the laying out and appearance of a sidewalk 
around a corner lot, the walk up to front entrance and a Grani- 
toid driveway up to porte cochere. This driveway is grooved 
crossways so as to offer a good foothold for the horses. The 
walks and drive have a neat, uniform appearance, and are very 
easily cleaned. They are more durable than stone paving. 



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Fig. 3 represents Granitoid floor for stables. The whole 
stable is covered. The gangway in center is grooved. The 
drainage flows toward depressions immediately behind the stalls. 
There is an inlet and trap behind every other stallpost. In this 
arrangement the floor can be almost level, and yet all liquids 



194 COMMERCIAL AND 

may be rapidly drained away. Movable floors or gratings of 
wood are generally laid in the stall for the horses to stand on. 
These are easily lifted up when the whole stall can be washed 
out thoroughly, and thus be kept sweet and clean. Seepage 
into the subsoil is entirely prevented. Such stables are not ob- 
jectionable near residences. 

Fig. 4 represents the application of concrete to the construc- 
tion of fireproof floors for office buildings and warehouses. It 
is adapted particularly to large spans and in connection with iron 
beams of considerable depth. It is unusually light in weight, 
and, on account of the true arch form, very strong. The ceil- 
ing is independent of the arch. 

MARBLE. 

Bradbury & Jones Marble Co. — This well-known firm 
have built up a first-class trade in Georgia and other marbles 
during a few years past, and their trade reaches from Minnesota 
to Texas and as far west as Colorado. They attribute their 
success to care and promptness in filling orders. 

Some of the finest wainscoting and tiling ever seen in St. 
Louis or tributary thereto has been done by this company. 

Georgia marble is their leading stock, but builders and con- 
tractors can obtain at their yard the choicest grades of Italian, 
Tennessee and Vermont marble, or if desired can contract with 
them to have any marble work set in place at the most reason- 
able prices for superior workmanship. 

Front steps of Georgia marble are so well known in this city 
that it seems almost unnecessary to remind our readers of the 
fact that this superior material will not freeze or crack. It is 
easily kept clean and wears like iron. If thinking of building 
a home, don't fail to inquire about Georgia marble and its cost 
before closing contract for steps, etc. 

THE GRAFTON QUARRIES. 

The Grafton Quarries. — In the erection of all buildings 
the very first consideration to which the architect and builder 
gives their attention is to the securing of a good foundation. 



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No matter how elaborate or intricate the plan, or how ornate 
the elevation, or yet how grand and magnificent the decorations, 
if the foundations are not well and truly laid, and of good 
material, the whole edifice is liable to come to grief. Hence all 
careful and prudent architects and builders have deemed it of 



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the utmost importance to find some good material with which 
to build their foundations. A remarkable concensus of opinion 
among the architects of the city on this subject will be found 
by an examination of the specifications of all the largest and 
finest buildings erected here during the last twenty-five years, 
for all have specified either that the foundations should be built 
of Grafton Stone, or of stone "equal to Grafton stone," 
(thus acknowledging it as the standard), and in the latter case 
it will be found that ninety-nine cases out of one hundred Graf- 
ton stone has been used, for the simple reason that no other 
stone at all equal to it for that purpose has as yet been found 
that can be furnished here in competition with it as regards 
price. The difference in the value of a building with a thor- 
oughly good foundation and one with a poor and insecure one, 
can scarcely be estimated, yet the additional cost where Grafton 
stone is used in preference to any other material available here 
is but nominal. 

What has been said above with reference to the judgment of 
the architects applies with equal force to the engineers, as all of 
the principal bridges of the city in the Mill Creek valley and 
elsewhere are built Upon foundations of Grafton stone. The 
main portions of the abutments and piers of the St. Louis 
Bridge (usually called the Eads Bridge), are built of Grafton 
stone, and the following extract from the report of Captain 
James B. Eads, its chief engineer, made to the directors of the 
bridge company in October, 1870, will be found interesting in 
this connection: 

He says : "It is remarkably strong. Many tests of its com- 
pressive strength have been made in the company's testing 
machine, where its resistance has, in several instances, exceeded 
17,000 pounds per square inch, which is equal to that of granite. 

"A curious fact has been developed by these tests, which is, 
that the modulus of elasticity of this stone is about the same as 
that of wrought iron. That is, a given weight placed upon a 
wrought iron column and on a column of the Grafton stone of 
the same size, will produce an equal shortening in both ; while 



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The Houser Building. Chas. K. Ramsey, Architect. 
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the elastic limit (or breaking point) of the stone is not far below 
the limit at which the wrought iron would be permanently 
shortened. A column of the stone two inches in diameter and 
eight inches long was shortened under compression in the testing 
machine nearly one quarter of an inch without fracturing it. 
When the strain was removed the piece recovered its original 
length." 

We also append an analysis made by Professor Peatten in the 
geological survey of Illinois. 

Professor Peatten' s analysis of a specimen of Grafton stone 
is as follows : 

Insoluble matter 5.60 

Carbonate of Lime 47.79 

Iron and Alumina 1.40 

Carbonate of Magnesia 42.86 

Water and loss 2.35 = 100 

The masonry in the bridges over the Missouri River at St. 
Charles and Glasgow, and over the Mississippi River at Quincy 
are also of Grafton stone. Perhaps one of the severest practical 
tests of this stone is.to be found in the walls of the settling 
basins of the St. Louis water works. As these immense basins 
are filled and emptied almost daily, there is a continual change 
from wet to dry at all seasons of the year, and under varying 
conditions of temperature, yet no appreciable effect is shown 
upon the exposed surfaces of the stone. 

The company now operating these quarries, the "Grafton 
Quarry Co.," having its St. Louis office in the American Central 
Building, 415 Locust street, have from 250 to 300 men em- 
ployed, and have on hand some large contracts for supplying 
this stone in the city during the present season. 

Among the numerous prominent buildings and other structures 
in this city standing upon foundations of Grafton stone, we 
would mention the following: 

Exposition Building, Carondelet Elevator, Elevator B, Mer- 
chants' Elevator, Union Depot Elevator, Valley Grain Elevator, 
Central Elevator, Mercantile Library, Ban's Building, Equit- 




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able Building, Lindell Hotel, Southern Hotel, Commercial 
Building, Laclede Building, Security Building, Odd Fellows' 
Hall, Fagin Building, Custom House, Liggett & Meyers, 
Meyers Tobacco Factory, Drummond's Tobacco Factory, Cup- 
pies' Warehouse, residence of Sam'l Cupples, Anheuser-Busch 
Brewery Buildings, Anheuser-Busch National Bank, Wm. J. 
Lemp's Brewery Buildings, Wainwright Brewery Buildings, 
Hyde Park Brewery, St. Louis Water Works, St. Louis Bridge, 
Boatmens' Bank Building, Excelsior Manufacturing Co , Grand 
Avenue Bridge, Jefferson Avenue Bridge, Twenty-first Street 
Bridge, Eighteenth Street Bridge, Fourteenth Street Bridge, 
Twelfth Street Bridge, River des Peres Bridge, Carondelet ; 
Turner Hall, Union Avenue Bridge, Houser Building, Globe- 
Democrat Building, Republican Building, Merchants' Exchange, 
Electric Light and Power Co., Power House Fourth Street 
Cable, Two Power Houses Broadway Cable, Power House 
Olive Street Cable, Approaches to Merchants' Bridge, Bell 
Telephone Building, American Brewery, Allen Building, Eads' 
Building, Bremen Brewery, Wiggin's Transfer Co. Round 
House and Machine Shops, East St. Louis. 

CUT STONE. 

St. Louis Cut Stone Co. — Edward J. Stamm, President; 
Peter A. Pickel, Secretary. Manufacturers cut stone, platforms, 
steps and engine beds, bond stones, sills, lintels and water tables, 
and dealers in all kind of sawed and rough stone. Office and 
mill : Mo. Pacific R. R., between Theresa and Grand avenues ; 
telephone, 2463. 

This is one of the largest concerns of the kind in the West, 
and their work is shown in such buildings as the Southern 
Hotel, Walnut, Elm, Fourth and Fifth streets; Exposition 
Building, Olive, Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets ; National 
Bank of Commerce Building, Broadway and Olive streets ; Odd 
Fellows' Hall Building, Ninth and Olive streets ; Commercial 
Building, Sixth and Olive streets ; Laclede Building, Fourth and 
Olive streets ; Boatmen's Bank Building, Fourth and Washing- 



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ton avenue ; Globe-Democrat Building, Sixth and Pine streets ; 
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Building, Ninth and Locust streets ; Equitable Building, Sixth 
and Locust streets ; Gate Way at West Moreland Place and 
Union avenue ; Gate Way at King's Highway and Portland 
Place ; Wm. H. Thompson Building, Eighth and Christy 
avenue, and many others too numerous to mention. 

Their yards are manned with all the modern appliances, and 
as they have the best facilities for freightage and switching, to- 
gether with competent and skilled workmen, they are prepared 
to compete with anybody in this territory for work. It is man- 
aged by live men, whose word is as good as a bond, and work 
done under their direction is sure to be of the best. 



steam heating. 

St. Louis Steam Heating and Ventilating Company, 
1917 Pine street. — It would seem as though this company had 
accomplished the great desideratum of the age, viz., the art of 
arranging a steam heating plant as to combine the greatest 
economy of coal with the largest amount of heat. 

All the numerous contracts executed by them have given the 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 201 

best of satisfaction, and Mr. John B. Hughes, the manager of 
the company, is always pleased to furnish plans and specifica- 
tions for the heating of public buildings or private residences. 

As an example of what this company can do, we would call 
your attention to a few of the many contracts completed by 
them in buildings in this city and elsewhere : Bank of Com- 
merce, American Central, Mercantile Library, Laclede, Odd 
Fellows', Lionberger, Bell Telephone, Equitable, Cupples, 
Western Union Telegraph, Shaw's Garden; Hotel Eastman, 
Hot Springs, Ark. ; Endicot Building, St. Paul ; North Texas 
National Bank, Dallas; North Texas Insane Asylum, Terrell: 
Executive Mansion, Jefferson City. 

ARCHITECTURAL IRON. 

The Union Iron and Foundry Co., is the outgrowth of 
three of the most prominent architectural iron concerns in this 
city, and was organized some four years ago — in the fall of 1888. 

Since that time, they have, by dint of the knowledge acquired 
by their long experience, together with their indomitable enter- 
prise, risen to the foremost rank of building iron workers in 
this city ; and as it is an acknowledged fact that St. Louis does 
the best work in this line in the West, they are consequently in 
the front row, from a national standpoint, and their work stands 
as silent but eloquent monuments of the truth of this proposition. 

Among the numerous examples of their handicraft, we may 
mention the Tony Faust Building, Meyer Bros. Drug Company 
Building, Drey & Kahns Building, John E. Ligget Building 
and many others in this city, besides buildings in almost every 
prominent city in the West and South. They have even 
branched out as far as Old Mexico, a large contract in Monterey 
being just completed. Even the far-famed Metropolis of Chi- 
cago has invited their efforts, the result being the late completion 
of the large and beautiful Alhambra Block. 

They are obliging to everybody and will be ready and willing 
to quote prices and furnish information in their line at any 
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ROOFING. 



John M. Sellers, office, southeast coiner Fourth and Market 
streets; factory, 613 Chouteau ave. Mr. Sellers has been estab- 
lished in business for nearly half a century, and during that time 
has roofed more buildings than any four in his line. It is a well- 
known legend that when Mr. Sellers puts on a roof it never 
leaks or wears out, so well does he "lay on" his jobs. It would 
take half of this book to enumerate all the buildings that he has 
worked on, but it will be well to mention a few in connection 
with this article. These are the Southern and Lindell hotels, 
Mercantile Library, Globe- Democrat and Republican Offices, 
Ligget & Meyers, Cupples, Laclede, Commercial, Odd Fel- 
lows' buildings, Missouri Railroad, Laclede, and other power 
houses, etc. Mr. Sellers keeps fully abreast of the times, and 
if there is anything new in roofing his customers get the benefit 
of it. 

ORNAMENTAL GLASS MANUFACTURE. 

Robert A. Schlegel & Bro., Tenth street, southeast corner 
St. Charles street. This house has more different processes for 
the ornamentation of glass than any house in the West, and are 
constantly getting up new designs. A visit to their establish- 
ment will well repay those who contemplate building or orna- 
menting their houses. Their designs in fine art glass are unsur- 
passed, and they also manufacture bevelled, embossed, crystal- 
lized, ground and cut glass — both by sand blast and wheel cut 
process — in fact, glass suitable for every ornamental purpose. 
In their "crystallized" process they do some beautiful work a la 
"Jack Frost." They are the agents for the Jefferson Glass Co., 
of Washington, Pa., for cathedral, alligator and skylight glass. 
Jobbers and architects are invited to call. Catalogues and de- 
signs furnished on application. 

Stoddard & Davis, Stained Glass and Decoration, 2014 
Olive street. That St. Louis is rapidly coming to the front in 
art matters is a fact too well observed to need demonstation, and 



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in no other branch of artistic industry is this more apparent than 
in that of interior decoration. 

With the advent of Stoddard & Davis in this work two years 
ago, a new impetus was given the movement, and it is safe to 
say that their work will compare favorably with that of any of the 
leading concerns of the East. The main thought in their work 
is a harmonious whole, and in striving for this end they take 




entire charge of the interior decoration of the house, furnishing 
the stained glass, frescoing walls and ceilings, getting up special 
and suitable designs for furniture, and, in fact, do everything 
necessary to make an ideal home or church. 

They have recently removed to new and elegant quarters on 
the corner of Sixteenth and Olive streets, where, as soon as the 
rush of business is over they will make such alterations as will 
make a most attractive studio for the display of their artistic 
creations. 



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PLASTERING. 



Stephen O' Conner, Plasterer. In reviewing the various 
building interests we must not forget the plasterer, and no more 
representative man can be found than Mr. Stephen O' Conner, 
who, for the past fifteen years, has accepted and faithfully exe- 
cuted a verv large number of contracts. He is a great favorite 
with our leading architects, as they know they can always rely 
on his work being A 1 in every particular. He was one of the 
first members of the Mechanics' Exchange, and is now one of 
the board of directors and vice-president of that institution. 

It would be impossible to name all the buildings on which he 
has contracts, but the Insane Department of the Poor House ; 
the Globe- Democrat Building, Rosenheim Building, many 
schools and notable residences are monuments of his skill and 
labor. 

ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. 

Ed. J. Cooke Electric Co., 112 North Ninth Street. This 
was one of the first electric companies organized and incorpo- 
rated in St. Louis, and is one of the most completely equipped 
and successful. They are dealers in and contractors for all kinds 
of electric bells, speaking tubes, gas lighting, arc and incan- 
descent electric lighting, etc. Among the many houses fitted 
up by the Cooke Electric Co. we may mention the Brookings, 
Huse, Cochrane, and Stockton, Kennard's, McCreerey's, Chap- 
pell, and Kaufmann's residences; the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons, Fagin Building, Holy Communion Church. 

Estimates furnished and contracts taken in city and country. 
Terms reasonable ; satisfaction warranted in all cases. 

Mr. Cooke first introduced electric door openers in St. Louis, 
and, in fact, everything new in the electric line is to be found at 
this establishment. All new electrical inventions are tested by 
them, and when found to be efficient are applied as occasion 
requires. Mr. Cooke is a practical electrician, and has per- 
fected a system which can be applied when electrical lighting 
has been introduced. It is often desirable to have individual 



206 COMMERCIAL AND 

lamps located at isolated points, and it is the especial object of 
this invention to so arrange the circuit connections that the lamps 
may be cut in or out at all times without in any way interfering 
with the other switch. To show what can be accomplished a 
board is shown in the office of the company, some 4x12 feet, 
which contains over a mile of wire, and illustrates perfectly the 
whole idea. 

A. C. Wolfram, Electrical Supplies. — In this age of 
modern improvements and electrical wonders one does not build 
a house unless it is provided with all the conveniences for elec- 
tric lighting. To do this in the proper manner requires a man 
who thoroughly understands his business, so that there will be no 
hitch afterwards. Such a man is Mr. Wolfram who thoroughly 
knows what he is about and does his work well. There is no 
use electricity is put to in modern buildings and dwellings but 
what he does ; such as lighting, bells, burglar alarms, etc. In 
addition to this he stands at the head of his business as a lock- 
smith, safe repairer and safe opener ; does all kinds of general 
blacksmithing, repairs light machinery, makes all sorts of iron 
work for builders, and keeps in stock sign irons, sharpens and 
repairs lawn mowers, and keeps in order electric work at so 
much per annum. All work promptly executed and guaranteed. 
Terms reasonable. Telephone, 896. Salesroom, 11 S. Eighth 
street. 

plumbing. 

Fred. Abel & Co., dealers in Gas Fixtures, Plumbing, Sew- 
ering, Drain Laying, Steam and Gas Fitters, 909 North Sixth 
Street. Telephone 2720. This firm is composed of Frederick 
Abel and Oscar J. Gerhard, practical men of long and success- 
ful experience and exceptional skill. They make a specialty of 
scientific sanitary plumbing. Among the work performed by 
them are the residences of J. W. Kaufmann, Tony Faust, Ellis 
Wainwright, W. J. Lemp, Adolphus Busch, H. Liggett, Chas. 
McLure, H. J. Meyer, Aug. Gehner, M. Lammert, J. M. 
Hayes, Claus Veiths, Southern Hotel, Sam'l C. Cupples R. E. 



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Ass'n Buildings, etc. Gas fixtures, gas and steam fitting, and 
sewering ; gas fixtures refinished. 

Estimates furnished on all work in their line. Work care- 
fully, promptly and expeditiously executed. Repairing of de- 
fective plumbing and jobbing promptly attended to. Prices to 
suit the times. Satisfaction guaranteed. 

Thomas Cantwell, Practical Plumber and Expert, No. 
1004 Olive street; telephone, 1412. For thirty-five years Mr. 
Cantwell has successfully conducted the plumbing bnsiness in 
this city, during which time he has fitted up some of its largest 
buildings. Some of the most notable are the Laclede, Bell 
Telephone, Rosenheim, Bernheimer, McKittrick, Miss. Valley 
Trust Co., Meyer Bros. Drug Co., and Gay Buildings, How- 
ard's Hall, and the residences of Sam'l Kennard, W. H. Gregg, 
H. N. Davis, W. Goldstein, and many others. Mr. CantwelPs 
speciality is in remodeling the plumbing, drainage and ventila- 
tion of dwellings and buildings already erected. He personally 
superintends, and guarantees all w r ork to conform to the latest 
Sanitary Laws and Ordinances. 

E. Tumalty & Brother, 805 Chestnut street. — This firm 
was established in 1873, and since that time they have done a 
large amount of superior work, and some of the largest jobs ever 
done in St. Louis. Some of their recent jobs were the Ligget Sc 
Meyer's Building, Meacham Arms Co's. Building, Sullivan 
Building, Seventh and Lucas; Dr. Mulhall's house, Ed. Wick- 
ham's residence, Vandeventer Place, etc. Messrs. Tumalty & 
Brother are "sanitary plumbers" in every sense of the word, 
they being practical men themselves, and fully informed as to 
every detail of their business. Persons who contemplate build- 
ing or repairing or changing their plumbing, will do well to see 
them. 

MINERAL WOOL. 

The Western Mineral Wool Co., Office No. 118 Chest- 
nut Street, Bailey Whipple, Superintendent, manufacturers of 
"Slag" Mineral Wool by the Cupola process, had its beginning 



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209 



at Cleveland, Ohio, some ten years ago, and now has branches 
and agents at all the large cities of the country. The South- 
western branch is located at St. Louis, and their factory here is 
one of the most interesting and novel of all our industries. The 
best mineral wool is a product of blast-furnace slag or cinder. 
The slag is converted into a fibrous condition by the action of 
steam upon it while in a molten state. A full description of 




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the methods of manufacture and of the uses of Mineral Wool 
can hardly be prefaced in the space allowed here. Samples and 
descriptive literature may be had free by application to the St. 
Louis office, 118 Chestnut street. Mineral Wool in bulk is 
chiefly used for semi-fireproofing and sound-proofing, and by 
packers, brewers arid cold-storage people, as the best of all 
non-conductors of heat. This material is rapidly displacing all 
other non-conductors for purposes of cold storage insulation. 
Owing to its wonderful non-conducting, heat-resisting and in- 
destructible properties, Mineral Wool, with the use of asbestos 
sheathing and duck is made into a sectional fireproof covering 
for steam pipes and boilers, which has no equal in the economy 
of its action. The quality of Mineral Wool as manufactured 
by this company is yearly being improved, and its cost is being 
reduced from time to time, owing to its decreased weight per 
cubic foot. 

The Fagin Building. — The structure erected by A. W. 
Fagin is one of the most massive, solidly and safely constructed, 
as well as noble in design, to be found in the country, and is a 
credit to its owner-de'signer, as well as St. Louis itself. 

It rises to a height of 152 feet, and the entire front from the 
ground up is composed of red polished granite and plate glass, 
and as will be seen from the accompanying engraving, is of 
modern, tasteful and noble design. In fact it is a triumph in 
the art architectural, and is one of the first objects to attract the 
attention and admiration of all who visit this popular and rapidly 
developing portion of the city. 

The lower floor is divided into stores, some being already oc- 
cupied, and the others will be divided to suit the tenant desiring 
to occupy them. They are light, roomy and elegant, while a 
more desirable location is not found in the city. 

The upper floors are divided into offices, single or en suite, 
and are reached by means of ample stairways and two fine 
"Crane" elevators, while approved fire escapes are provided 
from every floor. 



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This splendid office building of which every St. Louisan is 
proud, is not only new and unique in design, but has been built 
upon the most approved plans for insuring absolute safety against 
fire, being finished throughout with "fire proofing" and bound 
together by a perfect network of steel, while the whole structure 
rests upon broad and deep foundations of stone from the famous 
Grafton quarries. 

Despite the enormous weight and size of the building, there 
has as yet been no visible signs of its settling at any point, and 
it is by the highest authority pronounced to be as safe as any in 
St. Louis or elsewhere. 

The officers of this company are: A. W. Fagin, President; 
R. L. Metcalfe, Vice-President, and Jas. W. Metcalfe, Secretary 
and Cashier. 

For nearly one-half a century Mr. A. W. Fagin has been a 
prominent figure in financial and social circles in this city, and 
the above is only one of the munuments of his progress and 
enterprise found here. 

CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. 

Samuel H. Hoffman, whose office is at 216 North Eighth 
street, is one of St. Louis' largest contractors and builders. It 
is enough to call attention to the Liggett & Myers Building, that 
occupies a whole block on Washington avenue, between Tenth 
and Eleventh streets, and is the largest building but one and the 
most substantial structure in the city. He is now completing 
the new Globc-De?nocrat building on the corner of Sixth and 
Pine streets, a contract for its entire construction which he se- 
cured over all others, he bidding against the East and Chicago. 
Mr. Hoffman is a young man of undoubted integrity and energy, 
and if he did nothing else the two buildings which he built are 
sufficient evidence of his ability. 

F. C. Bonsack, Contractor and Builder, Telephone Build- 
ing, Tenth and Olive streets. Mr. Bonsack has just completed 
the building, where he has his office, for the Telephone Com- 
pany, and it is one of the most complete office buildings in the 



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213 




The Laclede Building. Foundation Stone Grafton Quarry Co. L. Cass Miller, Architect. 



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COMMERCIAL AND 



city. The entire outfit was designed and built by him, and de- 
livered into the hands of the Telephone Company without them 
coming in contact with anyone but him, this is a modern feature 
in construction and does away with the bother of making esti- 
mates with a dozen or more mechanics. Mr. Bonsack has 
erected a large number of buildings and warehouses in the city, 
and is at present engaged on the plan of a large manufacturing 
plant in the northern part of the city. 

J. W. Barnes & Co. These well-known contractors and 
builders have been in business here for the past twenty-seven 
years, during which time they have erected some of our most 




Fox Building 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 215 

substantial buildings and handsome residences and flats — some 
of which are the Greely-Burnham Grocery, Fox, and Armory 
Buildings, the flats of F. A. Drew, corner of Lindell and Grand 
avenues, and those of Mrs. E. C. Aldrich in Windsor Place, 
and the residences of Mrs. A. L. Palmer, 4355 Page avenue, 
Robert Johnson, west of Pendleton avenue, on Page avenue, 
and Mrs. M. S. Cowan, on Washington avenue, west of Sarah 
street. Messrs. J. W. Barnes & Co., pride themselves on their 
"good w r ork," preferring rather to lose a job than compete with 
irresponsible parties, they holding their own in quality and 
quantity of work. The firm is composed of father and son, J. 
W. & E. C. Barnes, and their office is at 210 North Seventh 
street. They are now building a fine residence in Westminster 
Place for Mr. Phelps, of Merrick, Walsh & Phelps, and other 
residences throughout the city. 

Milburn & Rich, Contractors and Builders, American Cen- 
tral Building, northeast corner of Broadway and Locust. This 
firm, one of the most extensive builders in the city, have given 
to us some of our most ornamental and substantial structures. 
They built the Second Baptist Church, car houses for the Mis- 
souri and Laclede Railways, the American Central Building, 
the dry goods house of Crow, Hargadine & Co., Nugent's store 
on Broadway, and many other buildings and elevators. Their 
specialty are warehouses and heavy buildings. One of the 
features of this concern is the rapidity of their construction, 
parties giving them their work do not have to wait forever to 
occupy them, as they handle their help and material so well that 
their houses go up like magic. 

J. B. La Barge & Co., 608 S. Sixth street; successors to 
Thos. Gugerty, Contractors and Builders. Mr. J. B. La Barge, 
the senior partner, is one of the brightest and best known of St. 
Louis' young business men, a native of this city, and a descend- 
ant of the famous pioneer family, whose name he bears. No 
young man stands higher in business and social circles, and he is 
universally popular with all classes. lie is prominently con- 



216 



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nected with various benevolent orders, and is accounted " a 
worker" in everything he undertakes. Honest, pushing and 
progressive, he is just the man to successfully continue and 
greatly increase the business established by his father-in-law, 




Residence of Huburtus Schotten. Grable & Weber, Architects. Jos. LaBarge & Co., Builders. 

the late Thos. Gugerty, who ranked among the most successful 
and extensive builders in St. Louis. Capable and conscientious 
and possessed of capital, Mr. La Barge can afford to offer in- 
ducements that cannot be surpassed by any man or firm in his 
business. 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 217 

R. P. McClure, Contractor and Builder, 907 Chestnut 
street, stands in the front rank of his profession. Experienced, 
reliable and successful. Estimates, plans and specifications 
furnished for buildings in any part of the country. Here are 
some of his buildings : Jos. Schnaider, warehouse ; Grand 
avenue Presbyterian Church, Union Methodist Episcopal 
Church, Rosenheim-Levis Building, Burrell-Comstock Building, 
Exposition Building, Missouri Malleable Iron Works, Smith- 
Beggs-Rankin Foundry ; Grand Opera House, Memphis ; Yen- 
dome Hotel, Nashville; Boyd's New Theater, Omaha; Stand- 
ard Theater, New York. 

Mr. McClure needs no endorsement or recommendation ; 
his business record and his work have given him a national 
reputation. 

T. J. Ward, Contractor and Builder of Brick Work, 506 
Olive street, room 18, Lucas Building. Mr. Ward is the 
builder of the palatial Commercial Building, one of the most 
magnificent specimens of brick work to be seen in this city of 
handsome structures. Besides being a prominent and successful 
business man, he is a public spirited citizen, popular, pushing 
and progressive, and is now serving his fellow citizens as Presi- 
dent of the House of Delegates, a position to which he was 
chosen almost unanimously by his colleagues. St. Louis is 
indeed to be congratulated when men of Mr. Ward's caliber, 
reputation and active business habits can be persuaded to accept 
official position. No man is more popular or more deserving of 
the recognition bestowed upon him. 

Notwithstanding his conscientious devotion to his public duties, 
Mr. Ward attends closely to his private business and is prepared 
to furnish estimates and take contracts for brick work and the 
erection of buildings in any part of the city or country. 

All orders will receive prompt and perfect attention. Call on 
or address him as above. 



218 COMMERCIAL AND 



UNITED STATES OFFICIALS AT ST. LOUIS, 



Col. James O. Churchill. — Since the law establishing St. 
Louis as a Port of Entry went into effect, there has been 
twenty-one surveyors of the port. The first surveyor was John 
Smith, appointed August 27, 1831, and the last appointment 
was Col. Churchill, the present incumbent, who assumed the 
duties of the office on April 4, 1889. He has made an able and 
efficient officer, discharging his responsible duties with fidelity 
to the government and satisfaction to the people. As he is well 
known to our people, and exceedingly popular with all classes, 
no personal sketch is needed in this connection. During 1890 
the amount of all kinds of merchandise imported into St. Louis 
had a foreign value of $3,772,229.60, upon which the duty was 
$1,359,010.96; showing an increase over 1889 of $523,039.60 in 
the value of merchandise, and $146,308.29 in customs receipts. 
As evidencing the increase of business at the Custom House, it 
may be stated that import duties received thirty years ago, in 
1861, was only $14,425.15. 

Col. L. B. Metcalf. — This gentleman holds the difficult 
and responsible position of U. S. Appraiser at the Port of St. 
Louis. Under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury he 
determines the value of foreign goods, interprets the tariff laws, 
and assesses the rates of duty, upon which the surveyor makes 
his collections. Col. Metcalf was appointed in October, 1889, 
and, having formerly held the position, he was well equipped to 
discharge its duties. He is well known in the public affairs of 
St. Louis. During the war he served his country with distinc- 
tion. He also served two terms in Congress ; has been an able 
member of the City Council, and held other offices of trust and 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 



219 



responsibility, in all of which he exercised great judgment and 
faithfully represented the interests of his constituents. Person- 
ally, Col. Metcalf is exceedingly popular, and was never de- 
feated before the people with a free vote and a fair count. Only 
once he was counted 
out, and hundreds 
even of his Demo- 
cratic friends repu- 
diated the injustice. 
He makes an ad- 
mirable appraiser. 

Col. John F. 
Wenneker. — On 
the 11th of Novem- 
ber, 1889, Col. 
Wenneker received 
the appointment of 
Internal Revenue 
Collector for the St. 
Louis district. In 
that appointment his 
personal popularity, 
ability and well-es- 
tablished character 
for integrity tri- 
umphed over a 
strong and powerful 

influence. It showed Co1 L - B Metcalf - 

the strength of his hold upon the favor of the people, which 
had been several times tested in his elevations to responsi- 
ble office. He was born in St. Louis, and has won his way to 
prominence through his own efforts. Being under 40 years of 
age he is now in the prime of a vigorous manhood, and may 
reasonably look forward to a career of honor. The office of 
Internal Revenue Collector for the St. Louis district is one of 




220 



COMMERCIAL AND 



the largest and most important in the United States. The col- 
lections made from the time he took charge of the office, on the 
11th of November, 1889, to the 31st of May, 1891, were as 
follows: On lists, $12,706.12; beer stamps, $2,501,089.95; 
spirits stamps, $2,499,086.70; cigars and cigarette stamps, 

$335,603.31; snuff 
stamps, $3,630.22; 
tobacco s t a m p s , 
$5,787,259.28; 
special stamp tax, 
$183,151.89; mak- 
ing a grand total of 
$11,222,742.85. 

Major J. B. 
H a r i. o w . — No 
other office in the 
United States is so 
directly and nearly 
connected with all 
classes of people as 
that of Postmaster, 
and when the Presi* 
dent appointed Ma- 
jor Harlow, on the 
3d of February. 
1890, to the position 
of Postmaster at St. 
Louis, he reflected 
the judgment of a 
larger number of citizens than he could have done by the appoint- 
ment of any other of the many popular men in St. Louis. Major 
Harlow had not only served with honor in the late war, but he had 
the experience of many years at the head of one of the depart- 
ments in the St. Louis Post Office. During his brief adminis- 
tration of the office he has made several important reforms, and 




ARCHITECTURAL ST. EOUIS. 



221 



is constantly striving to advance the receipts and delivery of 
mail matter. In 1890 the revenue derived from the sale ot 
postage stamps was $1,198,361.23, showing an increase over 
1889 of 12.37 per cent. The weight of mail received, distrib- 
uted and dispatched in 1890 was 11,460,628 pounds, showing 
increase over pre- 
vious year of 1,383,- 
542 pounds. Pieces 
of mail matter de- 
livered and collected 
by carriers was 97,- 
073,560 : increase 
over previous year 
of 17,028,841 
pieces. The regis- 
tered mail received 
and delivered was 
1,683,588 pieces, 
the increase over 
1889 being 28,085 
pieces. The num- 
ber of letters re- 
ceived and delivered 
was 3,333,126. For 
the current year 
ending June 30th, 
1889, the total re- 
ceipts of the office 
amounted to $1,- 
004,971.56. Total 




Hon Geo. D. Reynolds. 



expenses $408,837.92. Increase overyear proceeding $74,001.21. 
The increase of receipts in 1890 over that of 1889 were $133,233.- 
83. In 1891 the receipts increased $76,642.26. These brief 
statements show at a glance the magnitute of the business con- 
nected with our Post Office. 

Hon. George D. Reynolds.— The office of United States 
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri is one of great 



222 COMMERCIAL AXD 

responsibility and importance. No more fitting appointment to 
that position has been made for years than that of Hon. Geo. 
D. Reynolds, who was commissioned on the 10th of May, 1889. 
He is a ripe scholar, a true gentleman, and an eminent lawyer. 
Long before his appointment to that position he had won dis- 
tinction at the St. Louis bar, and was unchallenged in the front 
rank of his profession. In the discharge of his duties he is 
able and resolute, but never oppressive. He recognizes the 
rights of the citizen while he obevs the demands of the govern- 
ment. Few men are so ably equipped for that important office. 




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223 



ST. LOUIS COTTON MARKET. 



Twenty years ago there existed no organized encouragement 
for the development of the cotton trade centering at this great 
interior city- While a moderate amount of that staple was 
handled by our merchants and factors, it was conceded as 
a matter of course that no inland city could compete with 
the seaboard as an important cotton market. About that 
time, however, a few progressive and substantial dealers were 
agitating the subject of a cotton exchange. They could clearly 
foresee a great future for that trade in this city, and in view of 
its benefits to the general trade the establishment of an ex- 
change became an accomplished fact. From that time onward 
the question of a permanent and advantageous cotton market at 
this point was solved. 

The rapid increase of cotton receipts fully tested the wisdom 
of the undertaking. The wholesale trade of the city felt the 
immediate results, as it is shown that at least 33 1-3 per cent, of 
the value of cotton marketed in this city is exchanged for goods 
distributed throughout the tributary cotton producing territory. 
An important addition to our unexampled railway facilities was 
projected and completed in the construction of the "Cotton 
Belt" system, which extends a distance of about 1,400 miles 
through the finest cotton producing belts in the world. 

In conjunction with our vast railway systems St. Louis enjoys 
the exceptional transportation advantages of the grandest system 
of waterways upon the globe. The employment of these great 
commercial forces has built up a cotton market at St. Louis that 
rivals the advantages of the seaboard, both in prices and ship- 



224 COMMERCIAL AND 

ping facilities. The growth of the cotton trade is shown to 
have been as rapid and profitable as that of any other interest 
in this city. While it has broadened our commerce, it has at 
the same time concentrated an immense additional trade at this 
point. 

In 1874-75 the gross receipts of cotton at this market were 
only 133,969 bales, while the total net receipts were 94,290 
bales. Ten years later, 1884-85, the gross receipts rose to 291,- 
056 bales, and the net receipts to 187,744 bales. In 1889-90, 
the current year's operations covered a total of 538,910 bales ; 
of that amount our merchants and factors handled 227,087 bales. 
The sources of supply were as follows: From Arkansas, 312,- 
348 bales ; from Texas, 122,684 bales, and from the territory 
east of the Mississippi River, 81,500 bales. 

During that year the shipments amounted to 535,694 bales, of 
which 147,252 bales were shipped to the markets of Europe, and 
the remainder, excepting about 15,000 bales to Canada, to 
domestic points of consumption. The average weight was 
510^ lbs. per bale, and prices ranged from 9J to 11J cents per 
pound. 

The present current year, ending September 1st, is highly 
encouraging; the receipts having already reached, on the 1st of 
May, over 300,000 bales, while during the same period last year 
they amounted to 229,713 bales, showing an increase of over 
70,000 bales. By September 1st it is anticipated that over 
15,000 bales will be added, making the total net receipts about 
316,000 bales. The largest cotton crop ever raised in this 
country was produced last year, while the estimates for the pres- 
ent year will exceed 8,000,000 bales ; the State of Texas alone 
promising 2,000,000 bales of that amount. The growing cotton 
was never in better condition or more thoroughly cultivated, as 
the planters are striving to make up in quantity what may be 
lost in low prices. 

Large quantities of cotton are also compressed in St. Louis, 
the facilities for that purpose being ample. The three com- 
presses have a total capital of $625,000, with a capacity for 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 225 

compressing 6,000 bales per day, and a storage capacity for 
240,000 bales. The amount compressed in 1890 was 231,288 
bales. With all of these superior advantages the time is not 
far distant when a million bales of cotton will be handled an- 
nually in this market. 

Senter & Co., Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants, 
corner of Third and Walnut streets. In 1864 this widely known 
and reliable cotton house was established. The members of the 
firm came to St. Louis from the South, with a large experience 
and abundant capital. For a period of twenty-seven years that 
firm has ranked among the leading merchants in the city in suc- 
cessfully handling large quantities of cotton, wool, hides, etc., 
on commission. Mr. Wm. M. Senter and Mr. W. T. Wilkins 
compose the firm. Their facilities embrace an extensive cor- 
respondence in all of the leading markets of this country and 
Europe, and with an ample active capital for making liberal 
advances upon consignments to them, they can offer the highest 
advantages to shippers. That house adds strength to the already 
well-established character of St. Louis merchants. 



SOUTH ST. LOUIS 



CAROXDELET ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER CO. 



This new company is another evidence of the enterprise of its 
public spirited officers, directors and owners to improve the ex- 
treme southern end of the city, formerly known as Carondelet. 

The building, as represented in the cut above, is an elegant 
three-story stone and brick structure, fronting 100 feet on the 
south line of Krauss street, by 125 feet on the east line of the 
St. L., I. M.& S. R. R. Co., in city block 3008. 

The exhorbitant charge of $2.50 per 1,000 feet for gas by the 
Carondelet Gas Light Co., while the rest of the city was paying 




Carondelet Electric Light and Power Co. 

$1.25 per 1,000 feet, caused a protest to be entered, to which 
no attention was paid by the gas company. The rebellion 
against the gas company led to the organization of the Electric 



228 COMMERCIAL AND 

Company on January 7, 1891. Its incorporators and sole owners 
are the Hon. F. W. Mott, O. A. Haynes, John Krauss, R. J. 
Kilpatrick and Wm. H. Hallett. 

The company adopted the Thomson-Houston system with all 
its latest improvements, and are now ready to furnish all the 
commercial lighting required by the business houses and resi- 
dences, as well as much of the public lighting of streets, and 
furnishing power for manufacturing purposes by August 15th, 
1891, in the territory south of Keokuk street. In connection 
with the electric system the company has, under the same roof, 
one of the best ice plants in the city, with a daily capacity of 
forty tons, the entire machinery for which was constructed by 
the South St. Louis Foundry. The capital of the company is 
$100,000, and the officers are John Krauss, President; O. A. 
Haynes, Vice-President and Business Manager; F. W. Mott, 
Secretary and R. J. Kilpatrick, Treasurer. 

JOHN KRAUSS. 

In the space allotted only the briefest kind of mention can be 
made of the leading events in the life of a busy man. In this 
particular case enough material could be obtained to make an 
interesting book concerning the brilliant record and successful 
business career of John Krauss. His name is a financial tower, 
together with an unblemished reputation. He made his money 
by business sagacity and confidence in his judgment, both of 
which turned out as he expected. His accumulations also helped 
others ; thus he has benefitted his friends and associates as well 
as himself. He was born in 1833, at Graefensteinberg, Mittel- 
franken, Bavaria, and when he finished his apprenticeship as a 
blacksmith, under the tutorship of his brother, he decided, at 
the age of 18, to come to the United States to hew out a fortune. 
In 1854 he came to St Louis, three years thereafter he located 
in Carondelet, and has remained there ever since. In 1867 he 
abandoned the wielding of the hammer and started in as a boni- 
face. From that time dates his successes in various business 
enterprises in which he embarked or assisted in putting into 




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ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 



229 



flourishing condition, the principal one being the Klausmann 
Brewery, which he lifted from the creditor's grasp and turned 
into a grand paying institution. This required keen foresight 
and nerve. Its output now is twenty times as large as when he 
took hold of it. Several of Carondelet's business institutions 
would have failed had he not come to the rescue with his money 
and experience. He is President of the Druid's Hall Associa- 
tion, of the Carondelet Flour Mill Co., Carondelet Bank, the 
South End Building and Loan Association, the Carondelet 
Electric Light and Power Co., and a large stockholder in many 
other enterprises. He is an easy-going, affable and approach- 
able gentleman, and although busy, still finds time to give 
audience to any one who desires to see him. It is needless to 
state that he is popular not only in Carondelet but throughout 
the West. 

f. w. MOTT, 

Who conceived the organization of the Carondelet Electric 

Light and Power Co., of which he is Secretary, is considered 

one of the most active, energetic and progressive business men 

in St. Louis, always full of schemes to build up his end of the 

city, and tireless in pushing his enterprises through, in which he 

rarely fails to succeed. In appearance he is below the medium 

height, but well proportioned. He is a decided brunette and a 

full dark beard covers his entire face. He is always pleasant. 

full of delicate tact, and makes friends rapidly, and has a way 

of bringing together and uniting kindred elements in society and 

business and working them up to a pitch of enthusiasm that 

forces any enterprise in hand to a success. He was born in the 

City of New York, December 2d, 1849, of German parents. 

Came to St. Louis alone at the age of 15. Worked during 

summer to earn enough to attend the St. Louis High School, 

which he had to quit during the graduating year because his 

small means gave out, when he began work in an insurance 

office. He was twice elected to the State Legislature from the 

1st District, serving from 1878 to 1882, during which time he 



230 COMMERCIAL AND 

brought the bill through which enabled the Southern Electric 
Street Railway, of which he was vice-president and man- 
ager, to finish and operate its tracks to Sixth and Market streets. 
In 1884 he was a delegate to the National Republican Conven- 
tion, and from 1883 to 1887 was Water Rates Commissioner of 
St. Louis, his appointment being the means of breaking the 
celebrated dead lock in the City Council. From 1878 to 1888 
he was Secretary of the State Republican Committee, since 
which time he has devoted his time to the real estate business 
with his partner, Mr. Chas. Bruno, in developing the southern 
part of the city. He organized and is Secretary of the South 
End Building Association, President of the Board of Trustees 
of the Carondelet Presbyterian Church, of which he is a mem- 
ber, and holds high office in the Grand Lodge of Masons in 
Missouri, besides being an officer in several business corpora- 
tions. 

W. H. HALLETT. 

Amongst the young men who have contributed to make South 
St. Louis what it is Mr. W. H. Hallett stands in quite a con- 
spicuous light. Commencing as secretary in one of the depart- 
ments of the Iron Mountain Railroad he has worked himself up 
by push and happy faculty of pleasing all those with whom he 
has dealings. Mr. Hallett is now in the lumber business and 
runs a number of saw mills in Arkansas. Having an eye to 
anything that will promote the growth of St. Louis, he has in- 
vested largely in the new Electric Light and Power Co., which 
has just commenced business. A vignette of him will be found 
facing the article on Carondelet. In addition to his business 
he was one of the organizers of the Montrose Placer Mining 
Co. Mr. Hallett is married, he has a beautiful ranch in New 
Mexico, to which he retires once in a while to recuperate. 
His office in the city is at room 45, Gay Building. 

o. A. HAVNES. 

The subject of this sketch was born in Colerain, Mass., on 
August 31st. 1827. At the age of 10 he went to Chicopee. Mass., 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 



and worked in a cotton mill at that place, for a time holding the 
position of second overseer. He then went to work at Ames' 
Machine Shop, serving his apprenticeship of three years and 
leaving the trade of machinist. From there he went to Spring- 
field, Mass. , and worked in the U. S. Armory at that place. He 
then came west, going first to Chicago in 1847, taking a position 
with the McCormack Reaper Co., where he remained for about 
a year, and then came to St. Louis, going to work for Gary, 
McCune & Co., with whom he remained until May, 1852. 

At that time his health failed him and he went back East, re- 
maining idle about a year, when he took the position of general 
foreman in the locomotive works of Blanchard & Kimball, at 
Springfield, Mass., during which time he was married. In the 
winter of 1854-55 he assisted in constructing the Providence & 
Bristol R. R., and in January, 1856, went to northern New 
York, transporting and setting up the engines for the Rome 
Watertown & Ogdensburg R. R., with which road he remained 
till 1869, afterwards went to Oneida, N. Y., for the Midland 
R. R., and then to Oswego, N. Y., as general foreman of the 
machine shop for the same company. In 1871 he returned to 
St. Louis, Mo., as master mechanic of the St. Louis, Iron 
Mountain '& Southern Ry., going to Texas, in 1882, as super- 
intendent of machinery for Gould's Southwest system, consisting 
of the St. L., I. M. & S. Ry., T. & P. Ry., I. & G. N. Ry.. 
and the M., K. & T. Ry-, south of Muskogee. In 188o he 
came back to St. Louis as general inspector of locomotives, 
cars and machinery for the Gould system, which position he 
held until January 1st, 1888, at which time the office was abol- 
ished. He was then agent for the Missouri Car and Foundry 
Co 's car wheels until he assumed charge of the Carondelet 
Electric Light and Power Co.'s plant, early in the present year, 
as business manager. 

ROBERT J. KILPATR1CK, 

President of the N. A. S. E. whose vignette appears in the 
front of the article in Carondelet, was born in the north of 
Ireland, and came to the United States in 1848. After receiving 



232 COMMERCIAL AND 

a public school education he served an apprenticeship in a ma- 
chine shop, and thoroughly learned the business. On the break- 
ing out of the war he went to New Orleans and was appointed 
engineer on the Steamer Carondelet, after the capture of New 
Orleans he served in the same capacity on the Morgan, Florida 
and Selma, on which he was captured by Farragut's forces. 
After his release from prison he went to New York and secured 
employment in the Delemater Iron Works, its superintendent 
rinding him thoroughly competent detailed him as chief engineer 
of the Ariadne, from which he was transferred to the Eagle, on 
which he served till the fall of 1865, to the entire satisfaction 
of his employer. His next service was in Baltimore on the river 
steamers Florence, Magnolia and Victory ; from Baltimore he 
removed to St. Louis and served in the Collier White Lead 
Works, till his health failed. He finally became connected with 
the South St. Louis Foundry, and from his experience and 
practical knowledge of the business, and skill and thrift, has 
built up an immense shop covering a block of ground. He is 
President and chief owner of the South St. Louis Foundry, 
which constructed all the machinery for the Carondelet Electric 
Light and Power Co.; as well as its ice plant. 

Mr. Kilpatrick joined the N. A. S. E. in 1883, and in the 
Convention of 1884 was elected Vice-President, and was re- 
elected in 1884, and at St. Louis was elected President. Mr. 
Kilpatrick is a member of the South St. Louis No. 3, Mo. 

Air. Kilpatrick is a man who has made his mark in the world 
by perseverance and attention to the services confided to him, 
he has a hoist of friends who all recognize his integrity, good 
habits and sterling qualities. 

Southern Commercial and Savings Bank with $100,000 
cash capital paid in, was incorporated last week and succeeds 
the private banking firm of Krauss, Quickley & Co. The 
stockholders of the bank are mainly members of the old firm. 
The flattering success they received as a private bank, induced 
them to incorporate as above, thereby assuring our citizens per- 



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manent and the best of banking facilities. The officers arc as 
follows: John Krauss, President; S. P. Andrews, Vice-Presi- 
dent, and W. Frank Street, Cashier. 

CARONDELET. 

The cut on the opposite page illustrates one of the streets in 
Carondelet now growing into a favorite residence locality. 
Property around that location, which could be bought four years 
ago for from $4.00 to $5 00 a foot, is now being sold at $18.00. 
showing a remarkable rise of property in this portion of the city. 
That portion of Carondelet bounded by Virginia avenue on the 
east, Carondelet Park on the west, and Kansas street and 
Loughborough avenue on the north and south, is the location of 
choice residence property which will rapidly improve in value. 
The greater portion of this district is now supplied with gas, 
water and sewerage (both natural and artificial), and the new 
electric light plant about to be completed will add material value 
to the property by providing the most modern means of illumi- 
nation. This portion of Carondelet is about eighty feet above 
the river, and has at the western extremity the third park in size 
in the city. This park of 280 acres, which as before stated, is 
the third in size in the city, is the first in beauty of its natural 
scenery, not excepting Tower Grove and Forest Parks, both of 
which must be classed as more or less artificial. 

Why should people go out to the western suburbs, where 
there are no city improvements, and only a few trains a day to 
rely on to get into the city, where property is sold at from $6.00 
to $15.00 and $18.00 a foot, where they must face the sun on 
their way to the city in the morning and on their way home at 
night, where they have no police protection or fire department, 
when property in Carondelet, with all the improvements men- 
tioned, with two steam railroads and an electric street railway. 
and with a branch of the public library, can be had at the same 
prices on choice residence streets and at from $20.00 to $30.00 
on the two main residence thoroughfares ? 

Heretofore the large iron industries, blast furnaces, etc.. in 



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ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 235 

Carondelet, have filled that suburb with an undesirable class of 
inhabitants, and contrary to expectation, when these places were 
closed, and some of them wrecked, property in the entire suburb 
immediately advanced in price. The new electric light plant, 
with its cheap and clean fuel, will undoubtedly fill up the por- 
tions vacated by these furnaces with small factories, employing, 
not hoodlums, but intelligent operators, who will be a benefit in- 
stead of a detriment to the community, and will inhabit that 
portion of Carondelet formerly known as the "Patch." 

A daily glance at the list of burial permits in the papers will 
show how T small is the proportion of deaths in the South End, 
and the healthfulness of this locality will be vouched for by the 
physicians and the Board of Health. The Carondelet Improve- 
ment Association, organized last winter, is doing a very effective 
w r ork in the way of inducing the authorities to repair and recon- 
struct streets and alleys in the South End, and to keep them 
clean and in good order, thus adding not only to the comfort of 
our citizens, but to the public health. 

For any further information about this suburb, address 

WM. B. LANGE, 

6827 S. Broadwav. Real Estate and Insurance Asrent. 



EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL 



East St. Louis has a population of 25,000 people. Take in 
Madison, Venice, Brooklyn and East Carondelet, all suburban 
East St. Louis, there will be an established population of 
31,500. There is no place in the world more prosperous than 
East St. Louis to-day, or is there another locality on any con- 
tinent where there is a livelier or more beneficial interchange of 
realty than now exists in East St. Louis and St. Louis. This 
healthy and eminently satisfactory condition of affairs, while 
somewhat tardy in developing, was finally established by an 
evolution of ideas and the recognition by the outside world of 
the accumulative sources of East St. Louis riches. Hence, 
splendidly elevated streets have been built and are building all 
over the city ; sewerage has been provided for, viaducts con- 
structed, and all other necessities of a growing city complied 
with in an ample way. Thus, since the beginning of the new 
era, manufactories find it cheaper and more convenient to operate 
here than elsewhere — where coal is only 75 cents per ton, found 
in inexhaustible quantities. Churches and schools of architect- 
ural beauty abound under educated and systematized direction, 
business men are prosperous, and the citizens are protected by 
an efficient city administration. To the present municipal ad- 
ministration East St. Louis is primarily indebted for her clean- 
cut progression towards the brilliant climax soon to be attained ; 
also much, very much, of her indebtedness is due to several 
staunch, brainy and intrepid gentlemen, who took hold of the 
realty end of the city, with odds apparently against them, and 

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238 COMMERCIAL AND 

landed it and themselves safe and sound at the successful turn- 
ing point with the plaudits and esteem of the people. Thus, in 
a few years the population of this constantly growing metropolis 
was trebled, and the old regime wiped out .of existence forever 
by that determination and pluck which men are accustomed to 
use in the building up of populous and well-governed cities. 
Naturally, there is no place known to man better located or so 
wonderfully equipped to respond to the energies of men as is 
East St. Louis, being almost the center of a population of 
05, 000, 000 people, lying on the bank of the great Mississippi 
River, with access to 23,000 miles of river navigation, and sur- 
rounded and above immense coal and iron deposits that will 
supply the demand of ages. It is easy to see that nature did its 
part well, and it is readily shown also that man hasn't been idle. 
There are now nineteen trunk line railroad systems coming into 
East St. Louis, radiating in all directions ; a full half hundred 
factories are located here already, with the assurance of many 
more to come, while three large ones are now under construc- 
tion. The second largest stock yards in America are in East St. 
Louis, doing a business of $40,000,000 annually; over $10,000,- 
000 worth of merchandise was handled in 1890 ; several thousand 
people cross the river every night because of insufficient accom- 
modations ; six hundred dwelling houses are the required supply 
to meet the demand ; there are 12,000 operatives employed at this 
time, which number will soon be increased ; and, withal, East St. 
Louis is in the midst of a superbly fertile agricultural region. 
Hardwood timber is abundant, and only a few miles away great 
beds of lead, zinc, and copper are located. 

NEW FACTORIES. 

The Malleable Iron Works, a mammoth concern, which 
will employ 2,000 men is now under construction, and will be 
completed by fall ; the sites for glass and steel post factories 
have been chosen and will soon be under construction, and a big 
iron mill syndicate is only waiting to decide on the particular 
locality to plant another factory before breaking ground. The 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 239 

steel works are just completed, making a grand sum total of 
over $1,000,000 to be expended in manufacturing industries in 
the next twelve months. 

ELECTRIC CAR LINES. 

There is as yet but one electric street car line operating in 
East St. Louis, extending from the river front past the east 
terminus of the Eads Bridge to the National Stock Yards. This 
line is now contemplating an extension of an additional four or 
five miles along the outskirts of the city. A charter was granted 
this month for the building of another electric line which will 
operate about twelve miles additional. 



240 



COMMERCIAL AND 



HOTELS. 



THE HOTEL M CASLAXD. 



Now under erection, is being built by Mr. J. T. McCasland, 
at a cost of one quarter million dollars. The corner stone of 




this elegant building was laid with much ceremony, in August, 
under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, and 
amid a great concourse of visitors from Missouri and Illinois. 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 



241 



This superb structure will be eight stories high, with a frontage 
of 110 feet by 120 feet in depth. The dining room and kitchen 
will be on the eighth floor. Two hydraulic passenger and 
one freight elevator will be used. The structure will be in 
the shape of an H, similar to the magnificent New York Life 
buildings recently built in the West. Colorado red stone and 
pressed brick are the material used in its construction, while 
polished marble mosaic is used for the office floor. Briefly, the 
hotel is grand, and compares favorably with any in the United 
States. 

ALLERTON HOUSE. 

As it would be gilding gold to do better than the East St. 
Louis Journal has done in its article about this hotel, we quote it 
entire : 




Allerton House. 

" The Allerton House is the largest building in the County of 
St. Clair. The hotel was built by a man of wealth during the 
seventies, and comfort and elegance were the two necessary 



242 COMMERCIAL AND 

things to be attained by the architects. They were attained, and 
to-day no hotel can be called to the mind of the writer which 
has more facilities to properly entertain its patrons. Of the 135 
sleeping rooms, every one has an exposure. The grounds and 
surrounding country is picturesque and pleasing to the eye. The 
Mississippi River flows adjacent, and touching the yard on one 
side is the thriving city of East St. Louis. On the opposite side 
is a high prairie landscape dotted with residences. Approach- 
ing from another way, the largest stock yards in the country are 
seen. St. Louisans flock to this hotel every summer to cool off, 
it being confessedly the coolest region in the vicinity in the sum- 
mer. 

Electric cars pass directly in front of the door every few min- 
utes, putting St. Louis — over the big bridge — within a ten min- 
utes' ride of its doors. 

It is no uncommon sight to see cots placed about the various 
pleasant places in the summer time, occupied by refreshed 
humanity that has been driven from the business portion of the two 
cities by the intense heat of the day. As a summer resort, this 
particular spot excels as a boarding place ; it equals any ; com- 
fortable quarters are* always to be had, and polite attention and 
good service are guaranteed the guests by an urbane proprietor 
and efficient help. 

m'casland opera house. 

This opera house will be opened in the fall. It cost $100,000, 
and was built and owned by Mr. J. T. McCasland. All the de- 
tails in compliance to elegance and comfort have been observed, 
and the theater-going public are expecting to pass many a pleas- 
ant evening within its doors during the coming season. It is an 
ornament to East St. Louis and a credit to its progressive pro- 
jector, Mr. J. T. McCasland. This building is 60 by 120 feet, 
four stories, electric plant, elevator, steam heat, all modern im- 
provements, interior of galvanized iron, fireproof ; entrance 
adorned by plate-glass mirrors. The ground floor is divided into 
store buildings, and the up-stairs contains thirty first-class offices. 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 



243 




McCasland Opera House. 



244 COMMERCIAL AND 



CREDITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 



Among the established institutions and industries of a pre- 
tentious character, besides those already mentioned, these are 
the most worthy of recording: One great dressed beef and pork 
packing works ; two pork packing establishments ; five grain 
elevators ; three flouring mills ; two electric plants ; one gas 
works plant ; one water works plant ; one railroad iron mill ; nut 
and bolt mill ; one railroad iron and frog works ; two wire mills ; 
one metal mill ; one frog and iron works ; one cotton compress 
works ; one brewery ; three banks ; one carriage works ; seven 
express companies ; two barrel manufactories ; two cooper supply 
works ; four planing mills ; two soda and vinegar factories ; two 
broom manufactories ; three harness manufactories ; five news- 
papers ; three lumber yards ; two hospitals ; nine churches ; six 
public schools ; four parochial schools ; three libraries ; one 
Y. M. C. A., numerous mutual benefit societies, etc. 

The plans for a new Relay depot have been completed. The 
new depot will be located on the O. & M. grounds near the 
extension of Pennsylvania avenue, and is to be a magnificent 
structure. 



FIRST NATIONAL BANK. 

One of the important adjuncts to business in East St. Louis is 
the First National Bank. This bank was established in 1865, 
under the title of the "East St. Louis Bank," and successfully 
continued under that name until 1890, when it was organized un- 
der the National Banking Laws as the " First National Bank," 
with a paid-up capital of $100,000. It is located on the corner 
of Missouri and Collinsville avenues. This bank is in a won- 
derfully prosperous condition, which is largely attributable to its 
President, Paul W. Abt, who thoroughly understands the wants 
of such an institution in a live city like East St. Louis. The 
Vice-President is Dr. H. C. Fairbrother, and J. M. Woods is the 
Cashier — a trio who are thoroughly in accord with each other. 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 



245 




First National Bank. 

Below will be found the statement of February, 1891, also the 
names of the Directors, in which are numbered some of the most 
prominent of the city's business men: 

STATEMENT. 

RESOURCES. 

Loans and discounts $228,932 42 

U. S. bonds to secure circulation 25,000 00 

Bonds 115,820 55 

Banking house and fixtures 2.), 000 00 

Current expenses and taxes paid _ 819 *-° 

Due from banks, and cash on hand 105,315 91 

Total * 500 > 88S 13 

LIABILITIES. 

Capital stock $100,000 00 

Surplus and undivided profits 7,283 49 

Circulation 22,500 00 

Deposits 371,104 G4-«500,88*> 13 



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Directors — Paul W. Abt, A. M. Meints, Henry C. Griese- 
dieck, J. J. McLean, Thos. L. Fekete, M. M. Stephens, John 
Whittaker, H. C. Fairbrother, C. C. Carroll, H. H. Elliott, 
G. H. Kemper. 

EMILE SIMON GUIGNON. 

The subject of this sketch, a native Missourian, was born at 
Fredericktown, Madison County, April 16th, 1856, from whence 

his parents moved to 
St. Genevieve, in 1861. 
It was at the local 
schools of that place 
that Mr. Guignon 
passed his boyhood 
days and received his 
education. When but 
a youth, at the age of 
17 years, he came to 
St. Louis, and engaged 
with the Western Union 
Telegraph Company, 
as errand boy, in 1873. 
Four years later, 
Horace Greeley's ad- 
vice struck him very 
forcibly, and he went 
west, to Trinidad, Col., 
to grow up with the 
country. Western cus- 
toms of those days 
were not congenial to 
his tastes, however? 
ever, and, returning to St. Louis, he again entered the service of 
the Western Union Telegraph Company, this time in the ca- 
pacity of receiving clerk, a position which he filled until 1880, when 
he took a westerly course once more, and investigated the pros- 




Emile Simon Guignon. 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 247 

pects of earning fame and fortune in the city of Santa Fe, New 
Mexico. The year 1881 found him in St. Louis, again in the 
employ of the Western Union, and a little later on he became 
cashier of the St. Louis office of the Mutual Union Telegraph 
Company. The experience gained with the telegraph companies 
gave him an extended acquaintance with representative business 
men, which led to his engagement with the St. Louis department 
of the Mexican Exchange, where intercourse between the trades- 
people and manufacturers of two countries moulded and laid the 
foundation for his success in after life. 

He married Miss Julia Miltenberger, youngest daughter of 
Eugene Miltenberger, a St. Louis banker of earlier days, in the 
year 1884, and immediately set out upon his travels through 
Mexico, a pursuit which he followed in the interests of the Mex- 
ican Exchange until 1887. 

In March of that year, Mr. Guignon formed a co-partnership 
with his brother-in-law, Mr. Eugene B. Miltenberger, in the 
real estate business, and owing to the death of his partner in July 
following, he returned to St. Louis and organized the real estate 
firm of Guignon & Miltenberger, which was dissolved in January, 
1889, when the firm of E. S. Guignon & Bro. was formed. 

It was in July of the year 1889 that Mr. Guignon made his 
first investment in East St. Louis real estate, and from that period 
it may truly be said the phenomenal prosperity of the real estate 
business in East. St. Louis is dated. He purchased an interest 
in a tract of 45 acres from J. T. McCasland, which the grantor 
had bought only a month previous. Mr. Guignon saw at that 
time and predicted the prosperity which is now making the town 
the greatest manufacturing railway center of its size on the con- 
tinent, notwithstanding that there was then nothing but hope, 
backed by business foresight and good judgment, to support the 
ideas he entertained. His faith in the outcome was unbounded, 
and by his works he proved the strength of his convictions time 
and again, until residents of the place at last began to believe in 
him themselves, and followed his example. 



248 COMMERCIAL AND 

The first deed he made was followed shortly by the purchase, 
with J. T. McCasland, of 101 acres of land, which he subdivided 
under the title of Clearmont. Mr. Guignon was the original 
purchaser, from the Ames heirs, of the Ames tract of 450 acres, 
now widely known as Denverside, and he was also first to buy 
the 293 acres of land called Alta Sita. He bought and devel- 
oped Clearmont annex of 107 acres, and the Garden subdivision 
of 101 acres. 

In the first purchase of the 400-acre plat now called Lans- 
downe Heights, Mr. Guignon was among the original syndicate 
of buyers, as he was also one of the first purchasers of the Bluffs 
tract of 1,000 acres, located 65 miles from East St. Louis. Evi- 
dence of the success of each and all of these ventures is to be 
seen on every corner in East. St. Louis, and all along its prin- 
cipal streets. 

When Mr. Guignon made his first East St. Louis purchase, 
the town was struggling between hope and despair in an attempt 
to rise and keep above water. His enterprise and emphatic 
assertion of confidence in the future inspired the people and 
proved of incalculable value in aiding Mayor Stevens and the 
Board of Aldermen "in carrying their plans into execution for 
raising the grade and improving the streets. 

To the joint enterprise of Mr. Guignon and Mr. McCasland is 
due the location in East St. Louis of vastly the greater number 
of its industrial plants, and through their influence a vast amount 
of capital from other places has been invested in East St. Louis 
property also. 

Mr. Guignon also founded and developed Normandy Heights, 
in St. Louis County, one of the most attractive surburban village 
sites around the city, where he now resides. 

j. t. m'casland. 

McCasland's Opera House — Real Estate Dealer. — A talk 
about East St. Louis without speaking of Mr. J. T. 
McCasland would be like performing Hamlet without the 
melancholy Dane. There is no one that has done more to for- 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 



249 



ward the interests of East St. Louis than he. From the first to 
the last of a boom, which owed much of its magnitude to his 
tireless perseverance, he has been in the van, nor has he induced 
others to do what he has not done himself. He is now building 
one of the finest 
hotels for the ac- 
commodation of its 
guests, and is about 
finishing one of the 
prettiest opera 
houses to be found 
anywhere, whic h 
will add another 
feature to the many 
which will induce 
a permanent resi- 
dence there. 

Mr. McCasland's 
name w r ill be found 
elsewhere in our 
article on East St. 
Louis, so we will 
conclude this short 
sketch by saying 
that he is evidence 
of what a live man 
can accomplish 

When he puts his J. T. McCasland. 

hand to the plow and does not turn back. 




W. D. VanBlarcom, real estate dealer, office No. 10 Col- 
linsville avenue, makes a specialty of investments in real estate. 
Mr. VanBlarcom, who, favorably known in business circles in 
St. Louis for more than twenty years, seeing the great possi- 
bilities presented by East St. Louis, and the advantages to be 
derived from investments in its properties, made that city his 



250 COMMERCIAL AND 

residence, and during the time he has resided there has sold 
more business property than any one in the business. It was 
he that negotiated the sale of the 700-acre tract immediately 
east of the National Stock Yards to Mr. Charles Clark and his 
associates, of St. Louis, and he has been prominent in many 
other large and important sales there. Mr. VanBlarcom has 
recently moved into new quarters, having three rooms on the 
grade floor specially fitted up for the accomodation and con- 
venience of his customers. Speculators and investors in real 
estate should bear in mind that there is no such property as 
has afforded the safe margins of profit as that of East St. Louis, 
and the prospects never looked so bright as at the present time. 
They should also bear in mind that Mr. VanBlarcom, from his 
long experience, is in superior position to furnish positive bar- 
gains. He handles no property, except he himself knows the 
titles are sound and safe. 

MILTON C. BROWN. 

The subject of this sketch was born July 10, 1847, in the State 
of Mississippi, but removed with his parents to this State in 
1859. At the age of 16 he enlisted in the United States army, 
in 18G4, having been a member of company "C," 124th regi- 
ment Illinois Volunteers, and served thirteen months and until 
the close of the war. After reading law he removed to Monroe 
County, Missouri, where he established the Monroe Appeal, of 
that county, and published the same for five years in conjunction 
with Hon. James B. Reavis. In 1870 Mr. Brown was elected 
to represent Monroe County in the Legislature of his State, and 
was re-elected in 1872. Upon the organization of that body he 
was chosen speaker pro tern of the House. He practiced law 
for several years in St. Louis, but in 1888 became engaged in 
the real estate business in this city, and by virtue of his untiring 
zeal and fair dealing with every one, has attained a place at the 
head of our many enterprising citizens, who are devoting their 
energies and earnest endeavors to the development of our 
various resources and the enhancement of the best interests of 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 



251 



the city of East St. Louis. Mr. Brown, appreciating the neces- 
sity of improving the approaches of East St. Louis, in order to 
encourage the patronage 
of the residents of a 
section of country by na- 
ture made tributary to us, 
was the first to conceive 
the plan to construct rock 
roads to Caseyville, Col- 
linsville and Cahokia, 
places which at certain 
seasons of the year were 
virtually cut off from 
communication, owing to 
the impassability of the 
highways, such as they 
were then. It is owing 
to his unlimited perse- 
verance and untiring en- 
ergy that the question of 
issuing bonds for the con- 
struction of the rock roads 
to the above named places 
was submitted to a vote 

of the people, and which Mi'ton c. Brown. 

resulted in the present roads so essential to us. Mr. Brown is 
entitled to much of the credit of having influenced investments 
of foreign capital in this city, and he is without doubt one of the 
promoters of the growth and prosperity of East St. Louis. His 
many and various business enterprises are characteristic of his 
thorough understanding of the conditions necessary for the de- 
velopment of its increasing resources. Mr. Brown's strict 
integrity and personal amiability has made him one of the most 
prominent and popular men of the city and its surroundings, 
and the citizens of East St. Louis are justly proud to be able to 
count him as one of their number. He is a or-entleman that is 




252 COMMERCIAL AND 

bound to hold a prominent and leading position in any com- 
munity which he may favor with his citizenship. 

THOS. L. FEKETE, 

Real Estate. — One of the pioneers of this rapidly growing 
city is Air. Thos. L. Fekete, who in fact is the oldest real estate 
dealer in the city. Mr. Fekete is thirty-five years of age and 
has been in business ever since 1875. He has been largely 
instrumental in bringing about the present development of East 
St. Louis. He has always taken an active interest in public 
matters. Mr. Fekete has been very successful in his business, 
having handled the interests of some of the largest property 
owners here. He himself holds large real estate interests, and 
the list of property intrusted to him embraces some of the 
choicest investments, consisting of improved and unimproved 
property and quite a large acreage. His subdivision of Sunny- 
side adjoins the southern portion of the city, and is looked upon 
as one of the most promising pieces of property in this growing 
city. Lots can be bad there at figures that will realize 50 to 100 
per cent, profit in a short time. Mr. Fekete does a general 
real estate, insurance and loan business. His place of business 
is 333 Missouri avenue. 

JOHN W. RENSHAW. 

Amongst the real estate agents in East St. Louis Mr. Ren- 
shaw holds an honorable place. His principle feature is Win- 
stanley Park. The Globe- Democrat, in speaking of it, says : 

"Some of the most desirable suburban property in East St. 
Louis and vicinity is Winstanley Park. Many elegant resi- 
dences are being erected in the park, at a cost of several 
thousand dollars, and more are being built. The park is three 
miles from the Court House in St. Louis, and consists of 200 
acres, divided into town lots. The property will be connected 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 253 

by two lines of electric railway, the Alexander, from Belleville, 
and the East St. Louis Electric Railway. This property is in 
active demand and is increasing in value daily." 

In addition to this Capt. Renshaw is an insurance agent, con- 
veyancer and attends to house renting. Those having business 
in his line can communicate by telephone (No. 5274) or call at 
his office, 10G North Main street. 



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INDEX. 



A 

Page. 

Abel, Frederick & Co 206 

Acadamy Christian Brothers 71 

Agricultural and Mechanical Association 16 

Agricultural Machinery 134 

Amerika, The 20 

American Brewing Co 131 

American Wine Co 118 

American Exchange Bank 88 

Amusements 36 

Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association 126 

Announcement, Facing City Hall 5 

Anzeiger des Westens 20 

Apollo Hall 42 

Architecture 157 

Architectural Wire Works 1 38 

Architectural Iron 201 

Artificial Legs, etc 137 

Athletics 59 

B 

Banking and Finance S3 

Bank Commerce Building Facing 83 

Bank Engraving 96 

Bahnsen, T 125 

Barnes, J. W. & Co 214 

Barnard, Ceo. D. & Co 146 

Barnard, Geo. 1)., Residence 146 

Beaumont Hospital and Medical College 74 

Bell Telephone Building 1 56 

Belting 141 

Bernheimer, Marcus 09 

Beethoven Conservatory of Music 80 

Bicycling 1 43 

Beirne, Oliver 54 

Blooded Stock 154 

Boatmens Bank 84 

Bottled Beer 148 

Bonsack, F. C Facing 156, 212 



256 COMMERCIAL AND 

Page. 

Bradbury & Jones Marble Co 194 

Bricks 1S5 

Brookings, R. S., Residence Facing 12 

Brewing 126 

Bruner, P. M. & Co 187 

Buel, James W., Residence 168 

Burlington Route 29 

Busch, Adolphus 127 

Byrne, Jno., Jr. & Co 171 

c 

Cantwell, T 208 

Candy Manufacturing 106 

Carriages 106-108 

Carnival, The Grand 43 

Cemeteries K4 

Cemetery Work 65 

Central Type Foundry 1 05 

Champagne, Cook's Extra Dry Imperial 119 

Chemical National Bank, The SG, 158 

Chess Club 58 

Chicago & Alton R. R. 28 

Chronicle, Evening 20 

Churchill, J. O 218 

Churches 60 

Church, First Presbyterian Facing 60 

City of St. Louis 7 

City Hall, Facing Announcement 

Cider 124 

Clark, J. E. & Co '. 124 

Cleary, Michael 137 

Clover Leaf Route 33 

Clubs 55 

Coffins 144 

Coffee and Spices 104 

College of the Christian Brothers 71 

Comfort, C. D. & Co 113 

Concordia Club 57 

Contractors and Builders 21 2 

Cook, E. T. Electrical Co 205 

Cotton, St. Louis Market 223 

Cotton Buyers 225 

Counsellor', "Stallion" Facing 154 

Crescent Planing Mill Co 18, 184 

D 

Dickinson, Geo. R. Paper Co 120 

Distillers 115 

Dodson-IIils Manufacturing Co 101 

Drach, Chas. A. & Co 132 

Drew, F. A. Glass Co 120 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 257 

Page. 

Driving Club 59 

Drugs and Medicines I ID 15] 

Dun & Co 95 

E 

Karnes & Young Facing 1 2-07 

Educational 07 

Educational Institute 7;; 

Electrical Supplies 205 

Electrotyping 1 33 

Elevator Co., St. Louis United 100 

Elks Club 58 

Engineers, Civil 178 

Entertainment Hall 43 

Erker, A. P. & Bro • 136 

Estey & Camp 124 

Exposition, The 42 



51 

Fagin Building Co 210 

Eield-Lange Wire & Metal Co 138 

First National Bank (East St. Louis) 245 

Foerstel, Michael 10 

Foerstelville .... 1 52 

Fox Building 214 

Frost & Ruf . 151 

Fulton Market 52 



Gaus, Henry & Sons Manufacturing Co 1S5 

Gasconade Hotel Facing 49 

Geisel, A. Manufacturing Co 110 

German Savings Bank 91 

Germania Club 57 

Glass, Plate and Fancy 119 

Gleason, Chas H. & Co 172 

Globe-Democrat 19 

Globe-Democrat Building 18 

Grafton Quarry Co 12, 18, 83, 140. 195 

Grable & Weber 103, 164, 216 

Granitoid 187 

Grand Music Hall 43 

Grand Opera House 38 

Grand Republic 63-54 

Greene, C. R 160 

Greenwood & Co 169 

Groceries 121, 140 

Guiguon, Emile S 246 



258 COMMERCIAL AND 

H 

Page. 

Hagan, The 36 

Harlow, J. B 220 

Harmonie Club 57 

Hardware 1 33 

Havlin's Theater 40 

Hay ward's Short-Hand and Business College 81 

Hazelwood 170 

Heckel Hardware Co 133 

Higdon & Higdon 142 

Hoffman, S. H 212-18 

Houser Building 197 

Horses and Mules Ill 

Hotels and Restaurants 45 

House Building Companies 177 

Huttig Sash and Door Co 182 

Huse & Loomis Ice and Transportation Co 112 

Huse, W. L., Residence 67 

Hydraulic Press Brick Co 18-185 

I 

Ice — Wholesale 112 

International Bank of St. Louis 92 

Inks, Printing 122 

Iron 139 

Iron Mountain R. R 26 



J 



Jacksonville & Southeastern R. R 31 

Jones' Commercial College 78 

Jones, A. B. Stationery Co 148 

Joyce & Sons 179 

K 

Kane, Dan'l P 137 

Kilpatrick, Claude, Residence Facing 216 

Kingsland & Douglass Manufacturing Co 134 

Kirk, John 112 

Krauss, Quigley & Co 92 

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LaBarge, Juo. B. & Co 215 

Laclede Hotel 47 

Laclede Hank S9-161-213 

Laclede Building 161 

Laclede Gas-Light Co 1 65 

Lange, William B 233 

Law Library 63 



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Lebanon Water Power Co 47 

Lebanon Springs • • ; • 47 

Legg, J. B. Architectural Co 158-160 

Lewis & Hall l7 J 

Libraries J ] 

Liederkranz Hall - 

Liudell Hotel. . .' •••;•■ *J 

Link, Theodore C - Facin 8 2 *<\ 

Love, I. N. Dr., Residence 134 

M 

McCabe, Young & Co • 106 

McClure, Richard P *- • < 

Marble }?J 

Malin, J. D. & Co 4° 

Marquette Club ; ,, » 

Mechanics Bank " J* 

Medical Colleges * °- S{) 

Mercantile Library l 'l 

Mercantile Agency, The jj» 

Merchants' Exchange »° 

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests 181 

Mercantile Club • • • J6 

Merraod- Jaccard Jewelry Co J47 

Merrell, J. S. Drug Co., The 160 

Metcalf , L. S ■ Ll ±l \ 

Meyer Bros. Drug Co • • • • ■ • • • ' *» 

Miller, L. Cass lb ' 5 > I01 > ™ 

Milburn & Rich '-\\ 

Milk— Condensed Germless 10 *> 

Mineral Wool 20 J 

Missouri Pacific Railroad -^ 

Mississippi Valley Trust Co *4 

Mitchell, Jno. S V 

Modoc Rowing Club B jj 

Murphy, M. J .' 

Murphy Varnish Co l6b 

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National Bank of the Republic 86 

Nicholson, David ] L ' 

Noonan, E. A ' 

Noxon & Toomey 

o 

Oak Hill Cemetery Jjf 

O'Connor, Stephen ■ •• •; •• ***? 

O'Fallon, Clarence Residence • • • • v£ a ?j?- g At 

Office Buildings.... 18, 33, 83, 87, 88, 147, 156, 158, 161, 162, 175, 19o, 19^ 



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Olympic Theater 39 

Opticians 136, 147 

Oriel Building 1 58 

Ornamental Glass 203 

Ovens, Coal Oil Stoves, etc 110 

Overalls, etc 113 



Paper and Stationery 121, 146, 148 

Parks H 

Pate Stock Farm 1 54 

Patents, Lawyers 142 

Paulas & Williamson Architectural Co 160 

Paulas, Jno. D., Residence Facing 1G0 

Paving— Granitoid 187 

Pianos, Organs, etc 124 

Pickwick Theater 41 

Pickles, Vinegar, etc 102 

Plate and Window Glass 119 

Plastering 205 

Plumbing 206 

Pope's Theater 40 

Post-Dispatch 20 

Post Office 220 

Press, The Daily 18-21 

Printing, etc 14G, 148 

Prosser, T. J., Residence 170 

R 

Raeder, F. William 163 

Railroads 24 

Railways, Street 22 

Ramsey, Ch. K 162, 163, 197 

Ranges 141 

Rasch, A. & Son 118 

Real Estate 167 

Red Express 32 

Republic, The National Bank 86 

Republic, St. Louis 19 

Reynolds, G. D 221 

Residences. 12, 44, 55, 67, 134, 146, 160, 165, 169, 1 70, 216 

River, The 53 

Roofing, Papers 118 

Roofing 203 

Rosebrough, R. L. Sons 65 

Rutledge & Kilpatrick 173 



St. Louis Base Ball Association . . 59 

St. Louis Bank Note Co = 96 



ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. '201 

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St. Louis Club 5 £ 

St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons Ti 

St. Louis Collin Co ls > •" 

St. Louis Cut Stone Co 1 (J,J 

St. Louis Dairy Co 108 

St. Louis Gun Club Jj 

St. Louis Jockey Club -f> 

St. Louis Medical College 7 ( > 

St. Louis Mutual House Building Co m 

St. Louis News Co 121 

St. Louis Public School Library 62 

St. Louis Seminary 71 

St. Louis Steam Heating and Ventilating Co 200 

St. Louis Transfer Co 34 

St. Louis Trust Co '- ,:! 

St. Louis University j>° 

St. Louis United Elevator Co 100 

St. Louis University Library ,;:} 

St. James Hotel £6 

Sash, Doors, Blinds, etc J°2 

Scharff , Bernheimer & Co HI 

Schotten, Wm. & Co J04 

Schotten, Huburtus, Residence 216 

Shultz Belting Co 1*1 

Schnaiders' Garden 42 

Schwer, Theo. & Co 1«| 

Schlegel, Robt. A. & Bro > ^ 

Security Building 19 J 

Sellers, John M 18 > 2u j> 

Senter & Co 225 

Sexton, Thos. & Co ^] 

Shaw's Garden, Scene in Facing 1-4 

Shaughnessy, M. & Co 11* 

Sligo Iron Store Co -^ 9 

Southern Hotel 45 

Southern White Lead Co ] ' « 

Spanish Club » 5 

Standard Theater 41 

Star-Sayings 20 

Staed Bros • } 40 

Steam Heating 20 ° 

Stone Cut J 9 ? 

Stoddard & Davis 206 

T 

Taylor, I . S J * 

Taylor, E. H. Jr., & Sons 9, '> Jig 

Terra Cotta ]s ' 

Thalman, B l g* 

The National Bank of Commerce J 

The National Bank of the Republic ° l 



262 



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Third National Bank 89 

Title Investigators 93 

Title Investigators 170, 1 7G, 1 77, 93 

Tiernau, Jos. H 1 75 

Toledo, St. L. & Kansas City R. R 33 

Tribune, St. Louis ' 21 

Tumalty, E. & Bro 208 

Turner, Chas. H. & Co 175 

Turner Building Co 173 

Types, Printing Ink, etc ] 05, 123 

u 

Uhrig's Cave 41 

Union Iron Works and Foundry, The 1 8, 201 

Union Depot (New) Facing 223 

United States Officials 218 

University Club 57 

Urseline Academy 73 



V 

Vandeventer Place 55 

Varnish 135 

Veterans' and Railroad Men's Artificial Leg Co 137 

Vogel, Charles F 176 



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Wainwright Building 162 

Walbridge, Cyrus P S 

Ward, TV J 11, 217 

Watches, Jewelry, etc . 147 

Wenneker, C. F 219 

Wenneker-Morris Candy Co 106 

Wenzlick, Albert 170 

Westliche Post 20 

West, T. H 164 

Western Mineral Wool Co. . 208 

Whiskies, Wines, etc 114, 116, 119 

White Lead 116 

Willemsen Belting Co 142 

Wilder & Laiug 144 

Winkle Terra Cotta Co 187 

AVoerheide & Garrell 176 

Wolfram, A . ( ' 206 

Wright, James A. & Sons Carriage Co 108 



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Caroudelet • j^** 

Garondelet Electric Light and Tower Co 

Baynes, (). A 

Hallett, W. H 

Krauss. John 

Kilpatrick, Robt. J 

Lenge . Win. B 



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231 
233 

Mott, f. w • ■ • • •: • • --• 

Officers of the Garondelet Electric Light and Power Co Facing 228 

Sixth Street 

Southern Commercial Savings Bank 



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EAST ST. LOUIS. 



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041 

Allerton House " ~ . ( , 

Brown, Milton C ' ^,- 

East St. Louis 244 

First National Bank ^-., 

Fekete, Thos L ' 24g 

Guignon, Emile S 240 

Hotel McCasland ' 2 „g 

Malleable Iron Works ' ., '' . 

McCasland, J. T. 7-, ,.> 

McCasland Opera House "-" 

Renshaw, John W. " qaq 

Van Blarcom, W. 1). 



